[Leica] Scanners (nikon to discontinue most film cameras)

[bruent at shaw.ca (Bruce)]

On Jan 12, 2006, at 09:04, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:

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> I've always wondered how that would work. The Nikon LS-5000 is not
> very good at finding frames. I almost always have to fiddle with the
> pre-scan. Once you set it for the first one on a roll, does it manage
> to find the rest fairly well?
The Nikon roll adapter costs more than some scanners. I have not tried 
one, most reports suggest it works though I did read of some problems. 
An alternative to the attachment, at least for batch proof scans (and 
with some advantages if you have a significant amount of film already 
cut in strips) would be one of the better flat bed scanners (the Canon 
9950 or several similar Epson's). The Canon can handle 5 strips of 6, 
the Epson's take up to 4 strips. The Canon is fairly reliable at 
finding frames. Scan quality is according to other reports inferior to 
a good dedicated scanner (e.g. Nikon 5000 or the Minolta 5400), but the 
flatbeds also scan larger formats and positives, and cost same or less 
than the Nikon bulk attachment.