Re: Film Scanner Advice
- From: "Charles E. Hardwidge" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:29:44 -0000
"Dallas" <Cybnorm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have several thousand slides collected over a lifetime, I would like
nice scans of at least the best ones. I purchased a non-focusing flat
bed scanner 4 years ago and all the scans come out with a very
noticeable lack of focus. Obviously, I'd like to replace it with a
dedicated slide scanner that can do a decent job.
[...]
The other option I was considering was to just bite the bullet and get
the Nikon CoolScan LS- 5000 ED with the SF210 feeder, scan all 5000
slides and when I was finished, put it back on eBay and get my money
back. (These things don't seem to lose any value.)
If you can take the hit the Nikon & feeder might produce better quality with
less hassle and as you say doesn't lose value. Might even be worth losing
$300 or whatever a mid-range scanner would cost you off the resale price for
what may essentially be a one time job.
5000 is a lot of slides. Without a feeder I'd be bored shitless and that
doesn't count how long it would take to feed slides by hand.
It's going to be a shrinking market but would there be scope for you
providing a rental and/or scan service?
--
Charles E. Hardwidge
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