Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had my Nikon Coolscan V ED serviced by the authorised service agent here six months ago. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Charlie Chan <topoxforddoc at btinternet.com> wrote: > Lluis, > > I had my Minolta Scan Elite 5400 serviced by the UK distributor/service > agent (Johnsons Photopia) 3 years ago - no problem. > > Charlie Chan > Cheltenham, UK > > topoxforddoc at btinternet.com > www.cancer-surgeon.co.uk > www.charlie-chan.co.uk > > > > On 5 Jun 2010, at 18:42, Lluis Ripoll Querol wrote: > >> Since Nikon and Minolta has stopped to produce Scanners, purchase one of >> these on our days could be a mistake IMHO, probably no more spare parts >> and not updates for the new operating systems on computers. I think if I >> decide to buy a new scanner today it would be an Epson V700, probably >> less perfect for film than the mentioned, but I never obtained a scanned >> slide with really comparable quality to the projected image, neither with >> a traditionnal wet print on B&W. >> >> Saludos >> Lluis >> >> >> >> El 05/06/2010, a las 3:13, Tina Manley escribi?: >> >>> I really think they have stopped developing scanners. ?Nobody shoots film >>> any more. ?The Nikon scanners are still the latest and greatest, as far >>> as >>> film scanners go. ?Some people will tell you that you can use a slide >>> duplicator and a DSLR to copy the slides and end up with a very good >>> scan. >>> Not true. ?It doesn't even begin to have the same amount of information >>> as >>> a scan from a dedicated film scanner. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> >>> >>> I love my nikon scanner but time passes on and its real real old >>> digitally >>> >>>> speaking. The other guys I'm sure have come up with something. >>>> >>>> [Rabs] >>>> Mark William Rabiner >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >