Digital BW, The Print

Thanks.  Very helpful.

Mark

> Hopefully I do this right.. Ok the LS 5000 is the latest version of the
> scanner ..the previous version which looked pretty much the same was
> called the LS-50 ED.. It was a 14 bit scanner not 16 bit like the LS
> version.. I actually had the previous version long ago but can't remember
> that much about it.. it's been too long.. It was notably slower I remember
> that.. Oh with the LS using supplied software you can scan to raw which
> you can't do as I recall with the previous version. I will say that while
> I'm not a fan of either for serious scanning the LS version is probably
> the best of that type technology going.
>
> jimbo
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: mhaffey@...
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 12:03 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re:Panic mode: no more affordable 35mm
> scanners.
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>   Jimbo,
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>   What is the difference between the LS-5000 and the more commonly
> available
>   5000 ED scanner.
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>   Mark
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>   > The 5400 at the time it was introduced was a good move... Nikon's
> scanners
>   > at that time fell a bit short.. This prompted Nikon to redo it's
> scanners
>   > and they raised the bar considerably.. So constructively if one
> chooses to
>   > go after a film scanner of this type the LS5000 would be the better of
> the
>   > two choices.
>   >
>   > jimbo
>   > ----- Original Message -----
>   > From: andy bessette
>   > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 10:54 AM
>   > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re:Panic mode: no more affordable 35mm
>   > scanners.
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>   > Sorry,
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>   > but the 5400 II was the last one by Konica Minolta.
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>   > Andy
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>   > Lew Schwartz schreef:
>   > > Is the Minolta scanner still being made? I don't see it at B&H or
>   > Adorama.
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>   > No Minolta scanner is made anymore. No Minolta camera either :-)
>   > The 5400 was the best model of the Minolta range...
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