Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lluis, Last year I went to West Photo in Minneapolis with a couple of 35mm slides to try on both a V700 and the Nikon Coolscan 5000, two of the scanners they have and let you try out with your own slides or negatives. I scanned both slides at the highest dpi settings on both scanners and saved the results on a CD so I could look at them at home and print them out on my printer. I did that and made several different prints from them and examined the results. The results amazed and distressed me: if I could tell any difference between them, and it was close, the difference I saw was in favor of the V700. It distressed me because I really wanted the Nikon scanner to give me significantly better scans than the flatbed Epson. But it didn't. So, I sold the Epson 4870 that I had and bought the V700. I have been very, very pleased with the results I've gotten with the V700, in particular a series of Rollei color negatives that I have rescanned on it. I make 25x25 prints from Rollei negatives and the V700 versions were noticeably sharper and more detailed than what I had gotten from the 4870. And I have made scans from Leica and Nikon slides and negatives that I have printed at 20x30 inches with great success. Perhaps the Nikon 9000 scanner would give me even better results from medium format, but I find that hard to imagine. Best, Robert On Jun 6, 2010, at 2:55 PM, Lluis Ripoll Querol wrote: > Thank you Richard for your advice, you are right. My thoughts is > that it no pays (for me) expend too much money in a scanner, V700 > could be a good option to improve my actual quality and I can use > for 35mm and medium format, I'm sure that Nikon 9000 is much > better, but now is quite expensive and I always think that today > is not for me a good decision purchase a discontinued scanner. > > Saludos > Lluis > > El 05/06/2010, a las 23:49, Richard Man escribi?: > >> 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 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> >> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >> replies in your msgs. ] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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