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Subject: [Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 21:56:35 +0200
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Thank you Andrew, Ira, Oliver, Lawrence, Horacio for your opinions and  
advices

Saludos
Lluis


El 06/06/2010, a las 1:28, Andrew Moore escribi?:

> Thanks for all the scanner info.  I did own an LS-4000 and an  
> LS-5000 in the
> past (at least I think that's what they were... Nikon Coolscan units  
> with
> LED element).  They produced superb results.
>
> If anyone has one for sale (or trade for Leica glass... ), contact me
> offline as the closing bell has already rung :)
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Lluis, scanners don't break too often. Yes, OS could be a problem,  
>> but I am
>> keeping my LS-8000 and if I don't have one, I would buy a LS_4000  
>> in a
>> heartbeat (I sold mine last year)
>>
>> There is no way a V700 can produce scans as good a good film  
>> scanner. If
>> you
>> spend the money on Leica glass, may as well spend money to get the  
>> highest
>> level scan!
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Lluis Ripoll Querol <
>> lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> 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
>>>>
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