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

[Richard Man]

I have used a lot of scanners, and still have 3 (actually five, but who's
counting). Anyway, it depends on your needs and budget, but the
LS-5000/4000 would be a good general purpose. Using Vuescan will save you a
lot of headaches

On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 4:09 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> I stand corrected, then. Back when I shot film exclusively, I had a Nikon
> LS-2000, but I don’t remember what software I used with it. I do remember
> trying Vuescan already back then, and I have also tried it with a cheap
> film scanner I bought a couple of years ago (Plustek, I think) that I ended
> up getting rid of. I also tried it with my Epson, but found Epson Scan
> better and easier. But sure, if the old Nikon scanners need it to work on
> modern computers, then there is no other option.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> > On 13 Sep 2020, at 08:57, Christopher Crawford <
> chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
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> > Nathan,
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> > 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
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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:
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> >    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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> >    Cheers,
> >    Nathan
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> >    Nathan Wajsman
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> >> On 13 Sep 2020, at 00:42, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
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> >> Nikon LS5000 with Vuescan.
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> >> Tina
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> >> On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 3:07 PM Stasys Petravicius via LUG <
> >> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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