[filmscanners] Re: CS 5000 ED vs. Minolta ???

["" <scott@adrenaline.com>]

What current film scanners are not now made with LED light sources these
days?

Scott

Berry Ives wrote:

>Since I have the Coolscan V ED, all this makes me glad I'm not shooting
>slides.  I assume my scanner would have the same issue as the CS 5000.
>Someday I'll probably get some of my old slides out and scan them, though.
>And now I know that if I discover one that has edge softness I can't stand,
>to remount it and try to get it flatter. If that fails, I might rephotograph
>it with my slide copier, using very bright light, shooting with negative
>film, and then scan that.
>
>Berry
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>On 6/24/05 4:10 AM, "Arthur Entlich" <artistik@shaw.ca> wrote:
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>>Oh well, back to this again...
>>
>>The problem, as you stated, is depth of field.  The answer has been cold
>>cathode lighting which can be rather bright.  I had both a Minota Dimage
>>Scan II and I stilll have a SS4000 Polaroid, and with both, one needed a
>>rather badly warped film to have focusing problems.  I never have needed
>>to use glass carriers or special mounts to get good sharp images across
>>the full surface.
>>
>>
>>The problem has been and continues to be use of LED lighting sources,
>>which do not have adequate light output to use stopped down apertures.
>>
>>Art
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>>wbgilloolyjr@charter.net wrote:
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>>>The truth is you shouldn't be trying to scan slides in their original
>>>cardboard mounts.  They should be either remounted in glass or a high
>>>quality glassless mount (Wess or Gepe) that will hold the film flat.
>>>
>>>No amount of autofocusing is ever going to bring the center and the
>>>edges into optimal focus if the film isn't flat.
>>>
>>>If the lights on these scanners were brighter, the lens could use a
>>>smaller aperture which would help, but that's the realm of professional
>>>scanners.
>>>
>>>Mr. Bill
>>>
>>>
>>>Laurie Solomon wrote:
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>>>
>>>>So Mike what you are saying is that unless the Nikon has a manual focus like
>>>>the Minolta does the problem is not correctable with the Nikon scanner but
>>>>is correctable with the Minolta; but both scanners have the problem under
>>>>the autofocus option.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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