Am 15.05.23 um 16:21 schrieb Rick Womer:
I’d like to start digitizing some of my 35mm slides.
There are about a dozen slide-and-film scanners on Amazon, with prices ranging from about $140 to $350.
Any recommendations or warnings?
The really good film scanners are no longer available new. I've used
various Nikon sanners over the last 20+ years. They all have the
diadvantage of their rather 'harsh' light source that tends to emphasize
film grain. Somewhat like the difference between enlargers with
condensers and diffuse light sources.
Their second drawback is that the film plane and the light source/mirror
are disposed horizontally: more room to collect dust. So they needed
regular cleaning by the local Nikon service.
I've been using a Minolta Dimage Scan Elite 5400 for many years now and
I'm very happy with the results. The scan quality is excellent and it
comes with carriers for digitizing 4 framed slides or strips of 6 negs
in one go. The innards are positioned vertically and I've never needed
to have it cleaned.
The optical quality of this Minolta scanner is so good that many are now
cannibalised by people using teir lens for macro photography since some
beeep blabbed about it in his photo blog.
Software is no problem as this scanner is supported by Ed Hamrick's
Vuescan (www.hamrick.com) even under the latest versions of Windoze and
Mac OS.
Ralf
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Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany
Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com
Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf
Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012
Am 15.05.23 um 16:21 schrieb Rick Womer:
> I’d like to start digitizing some of my 35mm slides.
>
> There are about a dozen slide-and-film scanners on Amazon, with prices ranging from about $140 to $350.
>
> Any recommendations or warnings?
The really good film scanners are no longer available new. I've used
various Nikon sanners over the last 20+ years. They all have the
diadvantage of their rather 'harsh' light source that tends to emphasize
film grain. Somewhat like the difference between enlargers with
condensers and diffuse light sources.
Their second drawback is that the film plane and the light source/mirror
are disposed horizontally: more room to collect dust. So they needed
regular cleaning by the local Nikon service.
I've been using a Minolta Dimage Scan Elite 5400 for many years now and
I'm very happy with the results. The scan quality is excellent and it
comes with carriers for digitizing 4 framed slides or strips of 6 negs
in one go. The innards are positioned vertically and I've never needed
to have it cleaned.
The optical quality of this Minolta scanner is so good that many are now
cannibalised by people using teir lens for macro photography since some
*beeep* blabbed about it in his photo blog.
Software is no problem as this scanner is supported by Ed Hamrick's
Vuescan (www.hamrick.com) even under the latest versions of Windoze and
Mac OS.
Ralf
--
Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany
Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com
Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf
Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012
