Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think if you tried scanning with Silverfast software, you would be amazed at the quality you can get. My results are much better than anything I could get after many years of working in the darkroom. Nikon still provides parts for the LS5000. I order the aluminum holders for the batch scanner at least once a year. They're about $5 each and I always end up bending them beyond use eventually. Tina On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Lluis Ripoll Querol < lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> 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 >> >> >> -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com