Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Whither Kodak RFS 3600
From: Andrew Schroter <schroter@optonline.net>
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 10:21:19 -0800
References: <000201c191b2$4fbd5960$0200000a@pavilion>

Are there ANY high quality scanners out  there under $2K that have a good
batch loader for slides?

Andy


> Has anybody had any experience with the continuous film scanner
> attachment for the Nikon 4000ED?  I thought I was going to be smart and
> save money with the Kodak 3600 ($800 at B&H plus 110 rolls of film =
> $600, net cost of $200) to get the continuous scanning feature for a
> full roll.  What a mistake.  The software/firmware/hardware is so kludgy
> that even Ed Hammrick (Vuescan) doesn't support the machine.  I just may
> eat the $200 loss and go for the Nikon version if anyone has had
> experience.
>
> I have the batch slide attachment and found that I can be fairly
> successful if I baby-sit it and control the feed with my finger tip
> while I read the LUG/LEG email.
> > >Just remember that the batch scanning on this thing works on uncut
> > >rolls of film; for mounted slides you need the Coolscan 2000 or 4000
> > >with their often flaky and expensive SF-200 batch attachment.
> > >
> > >
> > >Hi Henning,
> > >
> > >I have had my LS4000 up and running for a week or so and I had been
> > >considering the SF-200 Slide attachment. What's the story on this
> > >unit?
> > >
> > >For $500.00 US it should work perfectly.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >
> > >Greg
> >
> > It jams way too easily. With cardboard mounted slides, the friction
> > between two slides is sometimes too much, and it tries to suck in two
> > slides at once at times. With plastic mounted slides, sometimes the
> > little extra bits of plastic that all molded pieces come with catch
> > on other slides, or on parts of the feeder and cause jamming. If I
> > load 40 or so slides, I can now get it to do the whole thing about
> > 60% of the time. At the beginning, I had trouble gettting the feeder
> > to do more than 10 before jamming. The whole design isn't that great.
> >
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In reply to: Message from "Bill in Denver" <bnelsch@qwest.net> (RE: [Leica] Whither Kodak RFS 3600)