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Subject: [Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 20:12:14 +0200
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Thank you Charlie for the information,

Cheers
Lluis


El 05/06/2010, a las 20:00, Charlie Chan escribi?:

> Lluis,
>
> I had my Minolta Scan Elite 5400 serviced by the UK distributor/ 
> service agent (Johnsons Photopia) 3 years ago - no problem.
>
> Charlie Chan
> Cheltenham, UK
>
> topoxforddoc at btinternet.com
> www.cancer-surgeon.co.uk
> www.charlie-chan.co.uk
>
>
>
> On 5 Jun 2010, at 18:42, Lluis Ripoll Querol wrote:
>
>> Since Nikon and Minolta has stopped to produce Scanners, purchase  
>> one of these on our days could be a mistake IMHO, probably no more  
>> spare parts and not updates for the new operating systems on  
>> computers. I think if I decide to buy a new scanner today it would  
>> be an Epson V700, probably less perfect for film than the  
>> mentioned, but I never obtained a scanned slide with really  
>> comparable quality to the projected image, neither with a  
>> traditionnal wet print on B&W.
>>
>> Saludos
>> Lluis
>>
>>
>>
>> El 05/06/2010, a las 3:13, Tina Manley escribi?:
>>
>>> 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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Message from lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol) ([Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?)
Message from topoxforddoc at btinternet.com (Charlie Chan) ([Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?)