[Leica] Film Scanner Suggestion

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

I use a Nikon Coolscan V ED, and other than batch scanning, it does
everything that the Coolscan 5000 does, and identically.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:16 PM, <rclark01@comcast.net> wrote:

>
> Thanks, Jim. I have so many boxes of negatives and especially negatives
> without accompanying prints that I'm sure I will be selective about what I
> scan. I'm mostly interested in scanning slides, though. I still enjoy using
> my M6 and for now, have no plnns to get a M8. I plan to continue using the
> M6 and after getting the film developed, I intend to scan it and go from
> there. Another thing I didn't mention was that I'm also going to be in the
> market for a nice printer capable of printing color, b/w, and of good
> quality up to 11x14 or so but maybe smaller. I also enjoy my D300 set up
> very much but intent to keep using film for the forseeable future.
>
> Robert
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@lighttube.net>
>
> > Robert,
> >
> > I wanted to do the same thing about a year and a half ago, but, since I
> am
> > going mostly digital, I didn't want to buy expensive gear that I would
> > seldom use. I ended up buying an early Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II for
> 35mm
> > and slides, and used it with VueScan to manage it, and I did fine with
> film
> > and slides back to 1952.
> >
> > For MF and LF negatives, I am using an early Epson Perfection 2450
> flatbed,
> > and it handles 4x5 and split 5x7 negs ok.
> >
> > You can spend a lot, and get much more modern gear, but, since old
> negatives
> > are seldom perfect, the "oldies" were the preferred route for me. YMMV
> ;-)
> >
> > Jim Nichols
> > Tullahoma, TN USA
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From:
> > To: "Leica Users Group"
> > Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 9:03 PM
> > Subject: [Leica] Film Scanner Suggestion
> >
> >
> > > I'm interesting in purchasing a film scanner. I've looked at the Nikons
> > > and they get good reviews but my knowledge of film scanners is limited.
> > > I'm interested in a good one to begin digitizing my over 20 years of
> > > negatives and slides. While the Coolscan 5000 is not out of my price
> > > range, I'm wondering about other scanners that LUGGERS have used and
> are
> > > still using.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Robert Clark
> > > Lancaster, PA
> > >
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