[Leica] Suggestions for 35mm B/W neg scanner?

[Christopher Crawford]

Nathan,

Vuescan is pretty much a necessity for the Nikon scanners, so Tina was right to recommend it for the LS-5000ED. Nikon's scanning software, Nikon Scan, does not work on Intel Macs and only works on Windows 10 if you jump through some hacking hoops (and I think this is true with windows7 and 8 as well).

Even when it was new, Nikon Scan sucked. It was slow and buggy and often crashed. I bought my Nikon 8000ED scanner 19 years ago and bought Vuescan shortly after because Nikon scan was so awful. Nikon Scan's interface was nicer then Vuescan's, but the stability and speed of Vuescan made it worth the inconvenience.

With a newer computer, Vuescan is pretty much the only game in town. Silverfast used to make a version for the Nikon scanners (and maybe still offer it, I don't know), but it was incredibly overpriced ($700 for the version needed for my scanner!) and from what I've heard it was buggy too.

I haven't used the Epson scanner you have, but I recently bought an Epson V600 for scanning prints. Epson's software works fine for it and is easier to use then Vuescan.


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On 9/13/20, 1:40 AM, "LUG on behalf of Nathan Wajsman" <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

    I second that recommendation. Unfortunately, it is hard to find and expensive, so I use the cheaper option of an Epson V700 (which also lets me scan MF film which I shoot from time to time). My only disagreement concerns Vuescan. I have tried to like it over the years, but I find the user interface so clunky that I have given up on it. I just use the Epson Scan software that came with the scanner.
    
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    > On 13 Sep 2020, at 00:42, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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    > Nikon LS5000 with Vuescan.
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    > Tina
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    >> Thanks,
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