Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry. Rather than being a scanner it is actually technically a digital camera setup to photograph your originals. It looks easy to use. Just give it a try and don't stress about the semantics? Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer Sent: Monday, 29 December 2008 06:51 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: ION Scanner Larry, What am I getting into? A scanner that you say that "no actual scanning is involved"!! Am I just spinning my wheels? BTW, I had one of those Honeywell Slide duplicators a while back. I t had a strobe for illumination during the exposure, Racked to it was a Pentax with bellows and a Takumar copying lens. I could do FAR better than 1 to 1 copying. I used it with B&W, film, colour print film and Kodachrome film. I bought it from my company surplus store for $20, when the photo lab went digital. I think the device was called Repronar. Leica sold a similar, but more elaborate British made device called the Bowens Illumitran Mk 35.for the Leica Reflex. Jerry Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > > On Dec 27, 2008, at 11:29 PM, Geoff wrote, re Jerry's request for info > on the ION scanner: > >> Jerry I tried to Google ION scanners to see if I could help. I got a >> rather unexpected result! Is the present giver your parole >> officer??!!! ;-) Make sure you put the 2PC in the search everyone. >> >> Once I found some info on the film scanner (not the cocaine >> scanner!), it looks like it is nearly automated. One of the new >> generation using a digital camera sensor and meant to be really >> simple to operation for the average home user. It has simple >> photoediting software with it which should work for to start you out. >> I would make myself a new folder for scans on my computer and just >> try a few scans on full automatic. It sounds like the default >> settings will give you a scan suitable for a print up to maybe 8x10 >> or a file you can downsize if you want to post photos on-line. > > > A few decades ago we used a device called the Heiland Slide Copier to > make duplicates of 35 mm Kodachromes. Basically it consisted of a > small copier stand with a lightbox, a 1 to 1 copying lens, and a SLR > camera body. When everything was set up, the camera was loaded, a > slide was slipped into the carrier on the lightbox, and the shutter > snapped. You could buy similar gadgets incorporating a fixed focus > lens for imaging movie frames on roll film. The ION seems to be much > the same thing except that a digital sensor substitutes for the film. > The scanner, really a digital slide duplicator since no actual > scanning is involved, is sold at many electronics stores and is > available for less than $100USD. The ones I have seen have about a 5 > megapixel sensor, adequate for 5 x 7 prints but marginal for anything > larger. There is no provision for digital dust removal or ICE so the > slides to be copied must be pristine. Also the software appears to be > PC only - frustrating us Mac users. Still, if you are not too > particular, the ION or one of its several workalikes might be just the > thing for very occasional digitizing of slides. > > Larry Z > > _ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information