Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Darrell, we have an 8000 at work, but my colleague (and fellow lugger) John Poirier uses it mainly and has fiddled with it the most. John did get the glass film holder (those nikon scanner accessories are darned expensive!) and I think found it works fine with that. We also use it with vuescan a lot more than the Nikon software tim > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Darrell > Jennings > Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 12:53 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikon 8000 scanner > > > Thanks Simon, I will check this out. I bought it > mainly for medium format color slide film, although I > figured I would use it for black and white (though if > there is a problem with this I can fall back on my > Epson 2450 which does a pretty good job of black and > white. Unfortunately the 2450 did a poor job of color, > particularly the MF stuff...lots of noise in the solid > color areas. > > Did you have to do anything special to set up > Photoshop in terms of color management with the 8000? > --- Simon Lamb <simon@sclamb.com> wrote: > > On 6/7/02 2:52 pm, "Darrell Jennings" > > <darrell_jennings@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > Just bought one and will be using it shortly. > > Anyone > > > have experience with this scanner? Anything > > special > > > that a new owner ought to know? (being used with > > > Windows machine) > > > > > > > Darrell > > > > Go to http://www.imaging-resource.com and look in > > the filmscanners forum. > > There are many issues with the 8000 that have been > > explained in this forum, > > such as banding issues and depth of field on medium > > format film being too > > small if the film is not completely flat. If you > > are only doing 35mm work > > then you may not hit the DOF issue, although if that > > is the case, why didn't > > you get the LS4000. > > > > On the LS4000, you should be aware that Nikon state > > that you should not scan > > BW film as RGB positive since the scanner will not > > find the gaps between the > > frames. I had all sorts of frame misalignment and > > eventually sent the > > scanner back as I predominantly scan BW film. > > > > You will certainly find that the LED light source of > > the Nikon scanners will > > bring out every bit of dust, scratches, bits of dirt > > and film grain. ICE is > > almost a necessity with these scanners, and I found > > that BW film was > > especially hard to scan cleanly (and of course you > > cannot use ICE with BW > > film except the C41 process films). > > > > The forum I mentioned above should give you all the > > info you need. > > > > Simon > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free > http://sbc.yahoo.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html