Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As long as one of them is good. I was hoping that an inexpensive drum scanner would appear. I lost interest after full frame digital came around. Regards, Jeffery _________________ Jeffery Smith Irish Channel, New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On Jul 17, 2012, at 7:05 PM, John McMaster wrote: > Doesn't mean that they are all good though. There is a new medium format > film scanner due in a few months, the current Pacific Image one is badly > regarded (and you have to cut 6x7 into single frames to scan). Given that > Nikon and Minolta had done the design and manufacturing of good scanners I > guess that there is only a small market which is why they stopped > production? Which in turn shows why the used prices for Nikon/Minolta film > scanners are still high..... > > john > ________________________________________ > > I have to admit to being surprised that there are still so many available. > I had very good results scanning 120 film with an HP flatbed scanner 10 > years ago, and prices on those could only go down. Gaa! I remember buying > a B&W flatbed scanner in the early 90's (only opaque scanning, no > transparency), and it seems like it was about $500. > > Regards, > > Jeffery > > > On Jul 17, 2012, at 1:14 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> 22 different film scanners on the B&H site. >> 70 flat beds. >> There is a LUG myth that a scanner without the names Nikon or Minolta or >> Hasselblad on it does not exist. And should be widely Ignored. >> A " baseless fabric of a vision " [Tempest] >> >> I think a film scanner made by a company such as "Pacific Image" just may >> be >> able to scan film without shreading it. One made by them cost $1,399.00. >> It's called the Pacific Image PrimeFilm 120 Multi-Format CCD Film Scanner. >> They make a dedicated slide scanner which looks good to me for $479.95. >> I'll >> take that one too please gift wrapped. >> And they make Pacific Image PF7250U 35mm Film and Slide Scanner which cost >> $269. A perfect stocking stuffer. >> My next scanner would be one of these. Brand new. From Pacific Image. >> And I can't be more specific than Pacific. I'm sure there are some worthy >> ones from Atlantic. >> But I'll stick with Pacific. >> >> Mark William Rabiner >>> >>> On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 Chris Saganich <csaganich at gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> I'll continue using my Minolta DiMage untill that gives >>>> out like the Polaroid Sprintscan before. The real killer is software >>>> and >>>> cable compatibility. >>> ========================================================================= >>> What went wrong with the Sprintscan? We are still using one with an old >>> Mac >>> at the office. >>> >>> Alan >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information