Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/31
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At 7:13 PM -0700 12/30/01, Tim Atherton wrote:
> > 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.
>
>
>It does the job - eventually, but for what you pay for it, it's an
>overpriced badly built piece of crap!
>
>I've had to run several hundred card mounted slides through it and it
>constantly jams, sucking two in, or pushing them out into the wrong spot and
>buggers it up. You have construct little templates out of old credit cards
>to narrow the slot. Even with plastic mounts it still often times jams.
>
>The little bits of tin that form the guides bend out of shape. If you try
>and put the recommended 50 slides in they are under way too much tension
>(depending on the mount). What provides the tension is a cheap little spring
>that weakens with time.... I think it's built to tolerances of about +or-
>1"......
>
>etc...etc.
>
>It's not great out of the box, and for what is a "bulk" scanner it doesn't
>stand up too well to large volume usage - been through two replacements that
>broke.
>
>It does work, but in my experience, not without a lot of frustration. In
>many cases I fear to leave it on it's own, as when it does jam it makes such
>fearsome noises and grindings I feel it may eventually burst into flame!
>
>So, if you have $500 to spare, go for it! It will do the job - sort of
>
>Over 3 different units and a few thousand images, imo it's garbage.
>
>Tim A
That's pretty much my summation as well. I've done the 'shim' thing
regularly also.
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