Flatbed Slide Scanners

Re: "I put away my Nikon LS2000 (2001 model) after I bought this
scanner, just as sharp and has better dynamic range"

Virtually ALL Nikon LS-2000's are in SERIOUS need of cleaning. As you
state, they are old (actually most are 1999), and the optics in them are
incredibly dusty in almost ALL cases. I'll put a recently cleaned
LS-2000 up against an Epson flatbed any day, but you are comparing a new
Epson flatbed to a 7-year old scanner that probably has mirrors that
have the clarity of wax paper (and I'm not kidding, I can show you
photos of typical LS-2000 optics (in 2008) that will shock you).

tomm42 wrote:
> On Sep 29, 6:33 pm, "SF-East Bay'r" <not_r...@notreal.net> wrote:
>> I have lots of slides to scan (1000's) but I am retired and have lots of
>> time. I have seen some discussion in this newsgroup about the Epson V750 and
>> the Epson V500. The V500 is more in my price range ($199 after $50 rebate),
>> the V750 is probably more than I want to pay. Ideally, I would like to be
>> able to load more than 4 slides at a time. I think some of the HP scanners
>> can load 12 at a time. I am unlikely to be making a lot of prints from the
>> scanned slides but will make some DVDs.
>>
>> So, anyone have any recommnedations for me?
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>> Tom
>
> I have an Epson V700 at work, highly recommend it, generally about
> $500 but Epson Clearance had them for $325 a couple of week ago. Had
> an MD I work for buy a V500, she was not happy with the scans, could
> be she didn't have the foggiest on what she was doing, but the files I
> saw were bad. So she bought a V700 and feels the scans are much
> better. Another plus was that you can do 12 slides or 24 negs at once,
> vs 4 on the V500. The V700 takes some careful set up, but if you do
> this you get nice scan, better than the latest Nikon, no, but I put
> away my Nikon LS2000 (2001 model) after I bought this scanner, just as
> sharp and has better dynamic range. I also have experimented on
> copying slides with my digital camera, Nikon D200. Even using a slide
> duplication set up I felt the scanned slides were better. Bessler
> slide duplicator with a Schneider Componon 80 f4, so the equipment was
> quite good. The "copies" needed more work in Photoshop to get them
> where I wanted, I have the scanning down to very little PS work, using
> the curves adjustment in the Epson software.
>
> Tom
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On Oct 1, 10:41*pm, Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOS...@neo.rr.com> wrote:
> Re: "I put away my Nikon LS2000 (2001 model) after I bought this
> scanner, just as sharp and has better dynamic range"
>
> Virtually ALL Nikon LS-2000's are in SERIOUS need of cleaning. *As you
> state, they are old (actually most are 1999), and the optics in them are
> incredibly dusty in almost ALL cases. *I'll put a recently cleaned
> LS-2000 up against an Epson flatbed any day, but you are comparing a new
> Epson flatbed to a 7-year old scanner that probably has mirrors that
> have the clarity of wax paper (and I'm not kidding, I can show you
> photos of typical LS-2000 optics (in 2008) that will shock you).
>
>
>
> tomm42 wrote:
> > On Sep 29, 6:33 pm, "SF-East Bay'r" <not_r...@notreal.net> wrote:
> >> I have lots of slides to scan (1000's) but I am retired and have lots of
> >> time. I have seen some discussion in this newsgroup about the Epson V750 and
> >> the Epson V500. The V500 is more in my price range ($199 after $50 rebate),
> >> the V750 is probably more than I want to pay. Ideally, I would like to be
> >> able to load more than 4 slides at a time. I think some of the HP scanners
> >> can load 12 at a time. I am unlikely to be making a lot of prints from the
> >> scanned slides but will make some DVDs.
>
> >> So, anyone have any recommnedations for me?
>
> >> Thanks for your help.
> >> Tom
>
> > I have an Epson V700 at work, highly recommend it, generally about
> > $500 but Epson Clearance had them for $325 a couple of week ago. Had
> > an MD I work for buy a V500, she was not happy with the scans, could
> > be she didn't have the foggiest on what she was doing, but the files I
> > saw were bad. So she bought a V700 and feels the scans are much
> > better. Another plus was that you can do 12 slides or 24 negs at once,
> > vs 4 on the V500. The V700 takes some careful set up, but if you do
> > this you get nice scan, better than the latest Nikon, no, but I put
> > away my Nikon LS2000 (2001 model) after I bought this scanner, just as
> > sharp and has better dynamic range. I also have experimented on
> > copying slides with my digital camera, Nikon D200. Even using a slide
> > duplication set up I felt the scanned slides were better. Bessler
> > slide duplicator with a Schneider Componon 80 f4, so the equipment was
> > quite good. The "copies" needed more work in Photoshop to get them
> > where I wanted, I have the scanning down to very little PS work, using
> > the curves adjustment in the Epson software.
>
> > Tom
>
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Mine had just come back from Nikon, a two or three months before, just
didn't turn on one day. Our flat bed died a month later, that is when
I bought the V700. Just compared slides from the two, the Nikon was
sharp but blocked shadows, and had problems with deep reds, we scan
tons of retina photos. The V700 was as sharp and we were getting good
detail in the shadows, the dynamic range was just better in the range
we needed. We got one of the first V700s sold, timing of the mb frying
on my Epson Expression 1600. Yes there is that the LS2000 was
purchased in 2000 we got the V700 April 2006, the technology
improvements over that time were huge. I always say if you want want a
35mm scanner go for the LS5000 or LS9000 for multiple formats.

Tom

I use an Epson 4870 and it loads 8 at a time. After doing 1000's (with a
few to go) I would say go for more than four.

"SF-East Bay'r" <not_real@notreal.net> wrote in message
news:rJcEk.1659$x%.1059@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com...
> I have lots of slides to scan (1000's) but I am retired and have lots of
> time. I have seen some discussion in this newsgroup about the Epson V750
> and the Epson V500. The V500 is more in my price range ($199 after $50
> rebate), the V750 is probably more than I want to pay. Ideally, I would
> like to be able to load more than 4 slides at a time. I think some of the
> HP scanners can load 12 at a time. I am unlikely to be making a lot of
> prints from the scanned slides but will make some DVDs.
>
> So, anyone have any recommnedations for me?
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Tom

I recently read about the HP G4050 which allows you to scan 16 slides. It
takes 20 minutes or so (without scratch correction) but seems to get a lot
of favorable reviews and of course some "awful" reviews. Anyone have any
experience with scanning slides on the HP G4050?
Tom

"Steve Chesney" <Ste_goo_ven_Che_goo_sney@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:48e5393f$1@usenet.ugs.com...
>I use an Epson 4870 and it loads 8 at a time. After doing 1000's (with a
>few to go) I would say go for more than four.
>
> "SF-East Bay'r" <not_real@notreal.net> wrote in message
> news:rJcEk.1659$x%.1059@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com...
>> I have lots of slides to scan (1000's) but I am retired and have lots of
>> time. I have seen some discussion in this newsgroup about the Epson V750
>> and the Epson V500. The V500 is more in my price range ($199 after $50
>> rebate), the V750 is probably more than I want to pay. Ideally, I would
>> like to be able to load more than 4 slides at a time. I think some of the
>> HP scanners can load 12 at a time. I am unlikely to be making a lot of
>> prints from the scanned slides but will make some DVDs.
>>
>> So, anyone have any recommnedations for me?
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>> Tom
>

Don't do it. None of the HP scanners has "digital ICE" as far as I
know. That alone is reason to pass. Go with either a Nikon film
scanner or with an Epson flatbed that has digital ICE.


SF-East Bay'r wrote:
> I recently read about the HP G4050 which allows you to scan 16 slides.
> It takes 20 minutes or so (without scratch correction) but seems to get
> a lot of favorable reviews and of course some "awful" reviews. Anyone
> have any experience with scanning slides on the HP G4050?
> Tom
>
> "Steve Chesney" <Ste_goo_ven_Che_goo_sney@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:48e5393f$1@usenet.ugs.com...
>> I use an Epson 4870 and it loads 8 at a time. After doing 1000's
>> (with a few to go) I would say go for more than four.
>>
>> "SF-East Bay'r" <not_real@notreal.net> wrote in message
>> news:rJcEk.1659$x%.1059@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>> I have lots of slides to scan (1000's) but I am retired and have lots
>>> of time. I have seen some discussion in this newsgroup about the
>>> Epson V750 and the Epson V500. The V500 is more in my price range
>>> ($199 after $50 rebate), the V750 is probably more than I want to
>>> pay. Ideally, I would like to be able to load more than 4 slides at a
>>> time. I think some of the HP scanners can load 12 at a time. I am
>>> unlikely to be making a lot of prints from the scanned slides but
>>> will make some DVDs.
>>>
>>> So, anyone have any recommnedations for me?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>> Tom
>>
>
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