Scanning APS films

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I haven't seen much discussion on the above - I'm having difficulty
locating a scanner (new/ used) - Minolta seemed to offer as an option,
but no one seems to have bought that option, and now that they are
discontinued, not much hope?

S
 
Lost said:
I haven't seen much discussion on the above - I'm having difficulty
locating a scanner (new/ used) - Minolta seemed to offer as an option,
but no one seems to have bought that option, and now that they are
discontinued, not much hope?

S
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Shouldn't be hard to do after you set up the first frame. Most scanners
allow you to frame the image or portion of the image you want to scan.
With the scanning soft ware I have used, Epson Scan, Nikon Scan,
Minolta Dimage Scan all keep this framing until you change it. So set
up your first image and go from there. It is unfortunate that with the
aquisition of Minolta, Sony seems to have closed down their scanner
operations, probably just wasn't profitable enough.

Tom
 
Lost Navigator said:
I haven't seen much discussion on the above - I'm having difficulty
locating a scanner (new/ used) - Minolta seemed to offer as an option,
but no one seems to have bought that option, and now that they are
discontinued, not much hope?
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Nikon have an ASP adapter (the IA20) which works with the LS-5000,
LS-50, LS-4000, LS-40, LS-2000 and LS-30 according to this page:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?F3AC2205C

Long version:
http://nikoneurope-en.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nikoneurope_en.cfg/php/enduser
/std_adp.php?p_sid=WhMNH4qh&p_lva=5161&p_faqid=2123&p_created=1054130576&
p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTI1JnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9JnBf
c2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9MjpmYXFzLmZhcV9pZCZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMT0yNSZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMj1_Y
W55fiZwX2NhdF9sdmwxPTE1JnBfY2F0X2x2bDI9fmFueX4mcF9wYWdlPTI*&p_li=

You might strike lucky and get the items on Bay, but if you get a
scanner there make sure it will get correctly packed - there is a
specific procedure to making a Nikon film scanner safe to transport.
 
The Canon FS4000US includes this in the package. I haven't used the
APS adapter as I don't shoot APS, but it may still be a viable option.
The scanner's a bit slow, but the scan quality's quite good. I
recommend getting a SCSI card with it (available for laptop and
desktop) if you go this route.
Roger
 
Roger said:
The Canon FS4000US includes this in the package. I haven't used the
APS adapter as I don't shoot APS, but it may still be a viable option.
The scanner's a bit slow, but the scan quality's quite good. I
recommend getting a SCSI card with it (available for laptop and
desktop) if you go this route.
Roger
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Why get a SCSI card when it has a USB interface? According to the Canon
web site, the SCSI interface makes it compatible with some of the MACs
but for a Windows PC I can't see the point unless it's not the newer
faster USB specification it supports.
 
Why get a SCSI card when it has a USB interface? According to the Canon
web site, the SCSI interface makes it compatible with some of the MACs
but for a Windows PC I can't see the point unless it's not the newer
faster USB specification it supports.
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The FS4000US is USB 1.1 only. This is much slower than the SCSI
interface and is a real pain after about 10 minutes.
 
The FS4000US is USB 1.1 only. This is much slower than the SCSI
interface and is a real pain after about 10 minutes.
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Yep, that would be the reason to go SCSI. The scanner's not bad with
SCSI, and if you're scanning B&W (no IR cleaning), it's almost quick.
 
The Canon FS4000US includes this in the package. I haven't used the
APS adapter as I don't shoot APS, but it may still be a viable option.
The scanner's a bit slow, but the scan quality's quite good. I
recommend getting a SCSI card with it (available for laptop and
desktop) if you go this route.
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I've used the APS adapter with my FS4000 when a friend needed his APS
film scanned and it works quite nicely. It will scan the whole roll
in one sitting and is easy to use.

Brian
 
Lost Navigator said:
I haven't seen much discussion on the above - I'm having difficulty
locating a scanner (new/ used) - Minolta seemed to offer as an option, but
no one seems to have bought that option, and now that they are
discontinued, not much hope?

S
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To scan APS film, I use the Minolta Dimage Scanspeed with the Minolta APS
adapter. Unfortuately the scanner is a SCSI device.
The adapter is vary rare, it took me ages to find a supplier which would
supply one.
Mick
 
I haven't seen much discussion on the above - I'm having difficulty
locating a scanner (new/ used) - Minolta seemed to offer as an option,
but no one seems to have bought that option, and now that they are
discontinued, not much hope?
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The Canon Canoscan FS4000US comes with an APS option. I saw one on
eBay that was new old stock for a nice price.

Brian
 
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