Hello, I have about 1000 - 2000 framed slides that I like to archive in digital form. Plastic frames, no glass. Partly Agpha amateur slide film partly Koda Ektachrom, partly Fuji. Quality of the scanned slides should be good enough for A3 prints.
I have tried this already a few years ago with an nikon LS 2000 but gave up because of long processing time and poor results. Main problems were with the autofocus of the scanner and color balance of scaned images that needed to be corrected with almost every slide. Also the low dynamic range of the LS 2000 was a real problem. I used NikonScan 3. Scanners have advanced (I hope), and I am considering to give it another try. I am considering buying the LS 5000 and its automatic slide feeder for it. A few questions: - I am interested in any experience reports good or bad, and sample images. - what is a realistic time for scanning one slide (AF on, ICE one, single pass) all the way from manually inserting the slide to file saved on the HDD ? - what do people say about the dynamic range? - does the AF work even if the slide is not 100% flat ? - does the new slide feeder 410 work with slides that have thin or thick plastic frames (but no glass frames). - I have quit a number of Kodak Ektachrom (ap?) . I think to remember they were especially bad to scan. Any experience with the LS5000 ? - How much better is the LS 5000 compared to the Coolscan V. ( I know I can only attach the auto slide feeder to the 5000) Thanks very much! - Guido ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
