Digital BW, The Print

Now I am getting confused.  The scanner I have is the Nikon Super Coolscan
5000 ED.  It is a 16 bit scanner.  What I was wondering is how the 5000 ED
compares with the LS-5000.  I'm not sure which scanner is the latest or
what the differences are.  Nikon gives the specs for the 5000 ED on their
web site but I am unable to find out anything about the LS-5000, which is
why I was asking here.  The LS-5000 seems to garner higher prices on ebay,
but I'm not sure that that is a consistent pattern.  Anyway, the
discussion led me to question whether there was room to improve on the
scanner I currently have.

Thanks for any information anyone has on this question.

Mark

> I don't think Jimbo is quite right, although I'm by no means an expert.  I
> believe that the LS-50 was a cut down version (as in it wouldn't work with
> some of the accessories) of the LS-5000.  The predecessor to the LS-5000
> was
> the LS-4000.  One of the main accessories that won't work with the LS-50
> is
> the bulk slide feeder, otherwise I think they are pretty much the same.  I
> have an LS-5000 which I use for bulk slide scanning - the feeder takes 50
> mounted slides at a time and just gets on with scanning them.  Its quick
> and
> dirty but clearly doesn't compare with a drum.
>
> David Whistance
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
> mhaffey@...
>   Sent: 27 August 2010 19:47
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re:Panic mode: no more affordable 35mm
> scanners.
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>   Thanks. Very helpful.
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>   Mark
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>   > 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.
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   > Jimbo,
>   >
>   > What is the difference between the LS-5000 and the more commonly
>   > available
>   > 5000 ED scanner.
>   >
>   > Mark
>   >
>   > > 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.
>   > >
>   > > 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.
>   > >
>   > > No Minolta scanner is made anymore. No Minolta camera either :-)
>   > > The 5400 was the best model of the Minolta range...
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