Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have pretty much settled on Nikon. It seems that the Pacific Image and Minolta scanners have too many QC problems. There seem to be more refurbished Minoltas than new ones. I'll go to the Nikon site and do some studying. Thanks for the lead on the rollfilm adaptor, Adam. 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 Adam Bridge Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:26 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] nikon to discontinue most film cameras 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information