Digital BW, The Print

Hi David,
Well your right that the LS-50 is a toned down version of the LS 5000  ..I had the LS 4000 ..that's where I jumped in.. It was referred to as coolscan 4.. When the LS-50  came out it was referred to as the  Coolscan V ..it had it's own bulk film system.. the IA-20 adapter ..It used cartridges .. worked with both the LS-50 and the LS-5000 and you could do up to 40 slides with it.. But yup,  the SF-210 which is the big bucks unit only works with the LS-5000. The actual scanners are not the same inside.. The LS-5000 is a good 50% gain faster then the LS-50 and the LS5000 is 16 bit where the LS-50 is 14 bit..  I got my LS-50 before I got the LS-5000.. as you couldn't get the 5000 anywhere in a USA model..  Oh and the name Coolscan seemed to go away with the LS-5000..

jimbo
 ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Whistance 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 1:16 PM
  Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re:Panic mode: no more affordable 35mm scanners.


    
  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.

  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,
  >
  > 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
  > >
  > > 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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