[Leica] Scanner advice sought

[Bill Pearce]

Yes they have turned away all requests. And I'm appalled at the prices on 
ebay for pigs in pokes. Prices are sky high.

SCSI doesn't bother me, as I have an old SP box with all pertinent 
connection options available, that ran my two Minolta scanners.

Life sucks. We need a Minolta John Hermanson.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Sonny Carter
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 1:35 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Scanner advice sought

I presume you're speaking of the film scanner.   Last I heard, Precision
had the last of the spare parts. But I read they turned away people needing
repair.

If I recall, it is a SCSI machine, and that's a difficult connection to
make with newer computers.

That said, there are a number of Minolta film scanners on Ebay that might
be a better deal than trying to fix yours.



On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote:

> Not to hijack this thread, but I need advice also. Does anyone know of
> someone who repairs Minolta scanners?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill Pearce
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Sonny Carter
> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 9:57 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Scanner advice sought
>
> I'm scanning the Steel Magnolias Scrapbook as we speak, on my Expression
> 11000.   The book is out of print, so we're loading a pdf of it on our
> server for easy access. I disassembled a copy of it, and now scanning page
> by page into Adobe Acrobat Pro using Vuescan, of course.
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 9:52 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> True, if all your scanners are turned on and ready
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 9:40 AM, Aram <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Sonny.  You don't even have to restart Vuescan to select another scanner.
>>> On
>>> the Input tab there is a Source box.  Just change scanners there from 
>>> the
>>> drop down.  Easy peasy.
>>>
>>> Aram
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Sonny Carter
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 4:04 PM
>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Scanner advice sought
>>>
>>> You don't need to go to Epson. Vuescan has drivers for all their
>>> supported
>>> scanners both win and apple.  You can run several scanners off the same
>>> computer.  You just need to select the scanner on startup.  If you want
>>> to
>>> change scanners during a session, just restart vuescan, choose another
>>> scanner.
>>>
>>> from my iPad
>>>
>>> Sonny Carter
>>>
>>> > On Feb 7, 2017, at 2:34 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Firmware...I don't have access to the scanner's firmware. Do you mean
>>> the
>>> > W10
>>> > drivers?
>>> >
>>> > Peter
>>> >
>>> >> On 06/02/2017 23:44, Stephen Barbour wrote:
>>> >> Male sure you are using correct firmware.
>>> >>
>>> >> s
>>> >>
>>> >> Sent from my iPhone
>>> >>
>>> >>> On Feb 6, 2017, at 3:43 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Richard's comments about his scanner is timely.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I am trying to scan old negs as a prelude to doing some film work. I
>>> >>> had - and
>>> >>> used to use successfully - an EPSON Perfection 2400. However not
>>> having
>>> >>> used it
>>> >>> for several years it failed to work properly when I tried it under
>>> W10,
>>> >>> so I am
>>> >>> looking round for a new scanner to handle B&W 35mm film.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Anyone any suggestions?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Criteria: High quality and high resolution; able to handle strips as
>>> >>> well as
>>> >>> rolls; accurate; must produce TIFFs as well as other formats such as
>>> >>> JPEGs; good
>>> >>> tools desirable but not absolutely necessary given the present state
>>> of
>>> >>> PS etc.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Thanks in advance,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Peter
>>> >>> --
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>>> >>>
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>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sonny
>> http://sonc.com/look/
>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>> 1714
>> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
>>
>> USA
>>
>>
>
>
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>
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com/look/
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> 1714
> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
>
> USA
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA

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