Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is hope for service over the pond, little hope in the US. Chris At 02:00 PM 6/5/2010, you 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