Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:03 PM 12/21/2008, you wrote: >I'm interesting in purchasing a film scanner. I've looked at the >Nikons and they get good reviews but my knowledge of film scanners >is limited. I'm interested in a good one to begin digitizing my over >20 years of negatives and slides. While the Coolscan 5000 is not out >of my price range, I'm wondering about other scanners that LUGGERS >have used and are still using. > >Thanks, >Robert Clark Robert - Unless you want to really spend some big bucks and spend a lot of fiddly time with wet mounts and a used drum scanner, the Nikon LS5000 is as good as it gets for 35mm. I get a lot more out of it with Silverfast software. Some people use Vuescan but I never could get that to do much for me. The Nikon software is not bad, but Silverfast lets you output a RAW file that you can work on like any other RAW. It makes a big difference with B&W and Kodachrome. Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com