Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the tips, Tina. I have done the credit card fix, and it does indeed help quite a bit. However, the adjustment is very critical - too tight and you inhibit the slide from going in freely, too loose and a second one might slip in there. One of the biggest problems is the "Plastimount" slide mounts, which are held together by 8 plastic rivets. If the lab doesn't smash the heads of the rivets down just right, you end up with sharp edges that cause jams in the return tray. I can't imagine how much work it must be for you to mount all your selects in Gepe mounts. I assume you have the lab process only, and return your film in strips from which you make your selections? Eliminating film from my workflow altogether would mean a huge savings in time which would be better used shooting and marketing images. Maybe it'd be a good idea to get rid of some of these anachronistic German cameras in favor of a EOS1Ds! Hmmm. - --Jim - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikon SF-200 slide feeder (again) > At 02:37 PM 1/29/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >Nikon says the expensive Gepe mounts work fine, cut what do they expect us > >to do? How can they sell a product that only works with a handfull of > >relatively rare slide mounts? > > > >--Jim > > Jim - > > There is a new firmware update on the nikonusa.com web site as of today. I > don't know if it addresses this issue. > I mount all of my slides in Wess or Gepe mounts which are thicker and don't > jam at all. There is a work-around for using the Pakon and other thin > slide mounts. You can attach a credit card (old one) to the slide > feeder. It will hit the next slide and prevent the SF-200 from trying to > load more than one of the thin mounts. A rubber band or paper clip usually > works or you can just try holding it there to be sure of the position > before you use rubber cement. > > Hope this helps. > > Tina > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html