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Subject: [Leica] Don't point that thing at me!
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 20:40:22 +0530
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Phil, Another vote for the Nikon Coolscan V ED, it does the job well, but a
little slowly. Use Nikon Scan or Vuescan (if you are using 64 bit Windows)
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> 
wrote:

> Phil,
>
> If you are thinking of scanning a lot of negatives or slides, it will
> probably work out cheaper in the long run if you get yourself a scanner.
>
> I think most people here on the list will agree that a Nikon Coolscan is
> probably the best value for money (I have a V ED that scans single slides 
> or
> strips of negatives with an adapter). The Nikon scanning software seems
> quite adequate too (I scan directly to Adobe Lightroom for processing and
> generally only use Nikon's standard scan settings), although other people
> swear by other brands of scanning software.
>
> If you need scanning services, take a look in the ads in UK photographic
> mags - there are literally hundreds of places that will do it for you - the
> professional labs are, however, pretty expensive.
>
> Best wishes from an exiled Yorkshireman in Germany
>
> Douglas
>
>
> Philip Price wrote:
>
>> Great Photo`s what was it W.C.Fields said about working with children, and
>> animals ! I particularly liked the black and white image, I use an M6 
>> mainly
>> black and white. Would love to show you some of my photo`s from my side of
>> the pond (UK ) Can any body give me some advice on the best way to do 
>> this ?
>> Do I take the negs, have them scanned to a CD ?
>> Any advice from fellow Leica film camera users would be greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 6:48:17 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Don't point that thing at me!
>>
>> Anika's quite into photography herself:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/grandkids/IMG_8755.jpg.html
>>
>> and she likes chimping:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/grandkids/IMG_8763.jpg.html
>>
>> while her brother Soren is more into cake:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/grandkids/IMG_8739.jpg.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At 10:35 PM -0700 8/3/09, Peter Klein wrote:
>>
>>
>>> She's probably thinking, "Is that alligator gonna bite me?"
>>> --Peter
>>>
>>> Henning Wulff wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>  Son got a new lens - granddaughter doesn't approve his use of it:
>>>>
>>>>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hwulff/grandkids/IMG_8771.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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