Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/04

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Subject: [Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?
From: digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 20:24:20 -0500
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I got a Nikon LS4000 from a fellow LUGer and I love it. Use Vuescan
mostly, Nikon Scan occasionally, never could get over the steep
learning curve of Silverfast.

Jim Laird

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> I really think they have stopped developing scanners. ?Nobody shoots film
> any more. ?The Nikon scanners are still the latest and greatest, as far as
> film scanners go. ?Some people will tell you that you can use a slide
> duplicator and a DSLR to copy the slides and end up with a very good scan.
> ?Not true. ?It doesn't even begin to have the same amount of information as
> a scan from a dedicated film scanner.
>
> Tina
>
>
>
> I love my nikon scanner but time passes on and its real real old digitally
>
>> speaking. The other guys I'm sure have come up with something.
>>
>> [Rabs]
>> Mark William Rabiner
>>
>>
>> --
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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In reply to: Message from andrew.nv1b at gmail.com (Andrew Moore) ([Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?)