Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, I guess I was not making myself clear. The Nikon LS-2000 comes with two adapters: (1) the MA-20 slide mount adapter and (2) the SA-20 strip film adapter. When using the strip film adapter, you just slide the end of the film strip (up to 6 negatives) into the opening and the adapter just sucks the film in. You can then view the thumbnails and select which ones to preview and scan. Sounds good, except that I find that with most of the films I use it jams. It works fine with C41 films but I use mainly B&W and for some reason it does not like them. The other way to scan film is using the slide mount adapter and the FH-2 film holder. You put the strip into the film holder, align with the openings, and slide it into the MA-20. This is fail-safe but a bit fiddly, but due to the above problem this is the method I always use for scanning negatives. The FH-2, like a slide mount, robs you of a little bit of the image along the edges. Actually it is slightly better in this respect than a slide mount because you only lose areas along the top and bottom of the frame, not the sides, whereas with a slide mount the loss is all the way around. Nathan Jim Hemenway wrote: > Hi Nathan: > > I guess there's some difference then between the two different negative > holders. I can get enough of the frame included to my satisfaction but I > have to "jiggle" the negative a lot whilst viewing very closely over the > light box. Then, after spending too much time doing that, the holder, > like yours jams frequently. I don't scan that many negatives anymore but > when I do find that I have a lot less frustration if I temporarily mount > them in a Polaroid slide mount for a quick scan. > > Mostly I shoot Ektachrome and Provia these days when using 35mm. > > Jim - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/