Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/06

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol)
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 22:50:50 +0200
References: <AANLkTil6FzfhRvBhHN5v_DY0CrqGcsjd3OVEubJaJqnv@mail.gmail.com> <C82F19D1.6335D%mark@rabinergroup.com> <AANLkTikst826CabaPtGNLT_5QuUmKF667uUyLEsWERRR@mail.gmail.com> <E54BE3C4-CC2C-463C-924C-9FB8E1EA84EC@gmail.com> <AANLkTikaMOQ7iTm_lqt_l2xYdDyP1_8Hax-5wchZfVF4@mail.gmail.com> <C92D14E6-CBEB-45AF-A0BF-BA81BCB53E8C@gmail.com> <CCA90E73-BD78-4683-9058-C1E97F16ECD0@usjet.net>

Thank you Robert, this is very interesting test. In Spanish shops it  
is not possible do such previous tests!

Cheers
Lluis


El 06/06/2010, a las 22:45, Robert Meier escribi?:

> 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
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information



In reply to: Message from andrew.nv1b at gmail.com (Andrew Moore) ([Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?)
Message from lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol) ([Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?)
Message from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?)
Message from lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol) ([Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?)
Message from robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier) ([Leica] Film/slide scanner recommendations? Samples? Anyone use Braun?)