Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/12

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Subject: [Leica] nikon to discontinue most film cameras
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Thu Jan 12 13:25:13 2006
References: <22D78504-CF26-4DED-B583-1FA247B51E35@btinternet.com> <007601c6177c$05982b40$656c0e44@newukolbqveo9i> <4cfa589b0601120825p2b83f183j9977d4a291ed198d@mail.gmail.com>

I have one and it works "often", but I'm still to be fully convinced.

On 13/01/2006, at 3:25, Adam Bridge wrote:

> Nikon has a roll-film adaptor for their 4000/5000 series of scanners
> and it works wonderfully!
>
> I think Tina uses one also.
>
> Adam
>
> On 1/12/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>> I was hoping that scanners would, like laser printers, get faster and
>> better. And do a whole roll of 35mm film while I watch Seinfeld. I 
>> think
>> that Pacific Image does have a whole-roll scanner, but the reviews of 
>> their
>> scanners are generally in the area of 1 1/2 stars out of 5.
>>
>> Jeffery Smith
>> New Orleans, LA
>> http://www.400tx.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Frank
>> Dernie
>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 1:36 AM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] nikon to discontinue most film cameras
>>
>>
>> Me too, I bought one a few years ago, concerned that my investment
>> would be short lived and new better machines would tempt me before
>> long, but that was the end of it, the market went digital so quickly
>> once people were satisfied with the quality that I imagine there is
>> pretty well no market for film scanners.
>> Mind you good scans take me so long that I often don't have time to
>> scan as much as I would like. I took 14 rolls of 120 film on my
>> August holiday and have only scanned 4 frames so far.
>> Frank
>>
>> On 12 Jan, 2006, at 00:19, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>>
>>> I was very surprised to see how few film scanners there are around
>>> now.
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] nikon to discontinue most film cameras)
Message from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] nikon to discontinue most film cameras)
Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] nikon to discontinue most film cameras)