On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 22:09:58 -0700
"Richard F. Man" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, even my normally tolerant wife had a minor shock when she
> found out that the rollfilm adapter was ~$450. I shoot Provia
> (although itching to try Velvia 100F) and just feed the whole roll
> of uncut strip to the
Yeah, the new Velvia is a must. You'll like it, I am sure :) I got a
grab of a few rolls here (preview-rolls before they went on general
sale) and they are beautiful. Not necessarilly better than provia,
just different as could be expected.
> rollfilm adapter. The LS-4000 (and other Nikon models) can also
> take slide mount adapter. I think it can take 50 mounted slides at
> a time. They just drop the price, but the LS-4000 plus an accessory
> like that is the price of a decent DSLR!
Hmm...I was planning on a Pentax *istD at some point if it ever gets
released....choises, choises, choises....
> I invest in it so that I can stay w/ film a bit longer. If
> you have lots of things to scan, and can justify the cost, it does
> make life a lot easier.
Well, I do have a couple of thousand slides, which a dslr is not
going to do anything about. Hmm....mumble mumble.....
Anyways, thanks for filling me in on your tools. Something to think
about.
--thomas
>
> At 06:26 AM 6/8/2003 +0200, Thomas Heide Clausen wrote:
>
> >Richard, your scanner...do I read correctly that you can feed it a
> >whole slidefilm and go away? Is that in "roll-form" or mounted
> >slides?
> >
> >I just spend about 3h scanning a (mounted) roll of provia last
> >night, inserting each slide one by one. A hell of a work.... :(
> >
> >I've seen some scanners (N*k*n, I think) where a
> >"single-slide-feeder" was optional. Sadly, the price of such a
> >combo of scanner + feeder turned out to be the GNP of a mid-size
> >nation :( Are there any affordable alternatives?
> >
> >--thomas
> >...
>
> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com>
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