Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't think glass negative carriers are available for the Minolta (third-party maybe?). I assume they are for the Nikons? Jim Laird On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > Virtually everything you see on my website is a scan done with a Nikon > LS-8000ED. I think it does fine for black and white, you just have to know > how to use it, and a lot of people who have money to buy these do not have > the talent. Look for an 8000ED, they're a lot cheaper used than the 9000. > I've used the 9000 too, results not much different. Do make sure you get > one > of the glass neg carriers; the non-glass carriers that come with it are > less > than worthless and will NOT hold film flat. If the film is not 100% flat, > the scans will not be sharp, the scanner has NO depth of field. This adds > another $300 or so to the price, but its needed. The Minolta medium format > scanners came with a glass carrier standard, Nikon made you pay extra. > > Are you doing 120 film or just 35? If just 35, the good 35mm scanners like > the Nikon Coolscan V amd Coolscan 4000ED and 5000ED and the minolta Scan > Elite are much cheaper and give just as good of scans > > > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-424-0897 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com ?My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com ?My latest work! > > > > On 4/21/10 8:38 PM, "James Laird" <digiratidoc at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I know this is an old topic (and was just touched on in the thread >> about the Nikon 9000) but I just retired and now have time to do some >> scanning of my collection. I don't want to spend thousands on a Nikon >> 9000 (somebody have an old one they want to sell cheap? ;). What would >> be a good fairly inexpensive scanner that would do the job. I've heard >> good things about Nikon and Minolta scanners, but also heard some had >> problems in the 'black and white' arena. Any advice would be >> appreciated. >> >> Jim Laird >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >