Re: Looking for advice for a good Digital Ice 35mm slide scanner

In article <Xns976D5695615E7ReplyID@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
All Things Mopar <nunofyour@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

I remember
than when I switched from Kodak Carousel 80 trays to 100s, so
reduce the proliferation of boxes in my basement, I noticed
that minor jams became much more numerous because the witdth
of each slide slot was now 20% narrower.

Kodak published a few data sheets on the care and feeding of Carousel
projectors. These include S-80-6, and S-80-1 which were "Kodak AV
Equipment Memo" "Technical information about Audiovisual equipment".

Both include this statement:

"In most cases, the 80-capacity slide trays are easier to maintain than
the 140-capacity trays, present less power load for the projector
mechanism (except when glass-mounted slides are used), and function well
under adverse operating conditions, such as partially damaged or worn
slide mounts and extremes of humidity."

So your comment is nothing new. Kodak was publishing these statements at
least as early as 1982.

The Bruan 4000, though uses a verticaly circular tray, meaning
that it's loader must operate when putting slides in and
taking them out. Plus, we're not talking slide projector
tolerances here, a scanner must position the slide at
precisely the right distance from the optics or scans will be
hopelessly out-of-focus."

The Braun has an autofocus mechanism built-in which automatically
focuses the scanner for film in cardboard, plastic or glass slide
mounts. It will even compensate for slides that are inserted backwards
(emulsion facing lamp) or for dupe slides on reversed emulsions.

There are two round trays for the Braun. One has a 3.2mm wide slot for
glass mounts and the other has a 2mm wide slot for other mounts.

For paper/cardboard mounts the best tray is the 80 capacity LKM straight
tray. The LKM mount is 1.9mm thick so it easily hold the 1.35mm thick
cardboard mounts. Cardboard mounts lose their stiffness with age, use,
handling and humidity. So they are not always straight. When using a
tray with wide slots (3.2mm) a badly worn paper mount may try to go into
the wrong tray slot when a projector/4000 scanner cycles. This could
cause a jam. In the case of the Braun, the slide change cycle would
automatically stop as soon as the changer arm encountered any incorrect
resistance. So it would not damage the slide or the mount. Just
interrupt the scan cycle.

The 2mm round tray works best with standard plastic mounts.

The standard Braun straight tray that comes with the scanner also works
well with cardboard mounts. The optional Gepe European straight trays
hold 50 slides each and are best for glass mounted slides.

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