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A modern 35mm film scanner for home

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251 points QiuChuck | 2 comments | 11 Nov 25 19:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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gtm1260 ◴[11 Nov 25 21:21 UTC] No.45893048[source]▶
The fact that there is still no sample scans has me heated - instead of showing us all these specs, how about some sample images!!
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anonymousiam ◴[12 Nov 25 00:15 UTC] No.45894734[source]▶
It doesn't seem to exist yet. The specifications are not specifications, they are design goals. I don't see how they can get the color coverage they're claiming with RGB LEDs.

Seems about as credible as a lot of the crowdfunded stuff.

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atomicthumbs ◴[12 Nov 25 01:43 UTC] No.45895442[source]▶
The Coolscans used RGB LEDs.
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JohnTHaller ◴[12 Nov 25 05:48 UTC] No.45896749[source]▶
It seems like folks buy a used Coolscan, scan their stuff, then sell it. They seem to last pretty well. I'm about to buy a used one to scan my Dad's old slides. And then sell it.
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tecleandor ◴[12 Nov 25 08:01 UTC] No.45897490[source]▶
What's a reasonable model with a semiautomatic workflow (that I don't have to work manually frame by frame) for that? A 5000ED or something like that?

I could do that for my dad too...

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alistairSH ◴[12 Nov 25 10:39 UTC] No.45898579[source]▶
Slides are going to manual because they’re (usually) individually mounted.

I haven’t seen any consumer scanner that has an auto feed. Good ones have a nice sprocket wheel but you still feed manually with a wheel.

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1. trauco ◴[12 Nov 25 12:30 UTC] No.45899337{3}[source]▶
You can get a slide feeder for the “modern” (early aughts) Nikon Coolscans, the SF-210:

https://studio-supplies.com/products/nikon-sf-210-239995

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2. tomatocracy ◴[12 Nov 25 20:02 UTC] No.45905612[source]▶
The slide feeder is good but it's worth being aware that if you have slides mounted on cardboard (I had a lot of old family photos like this I used it for) it will often grab a couple at once. You can fix that by clipping eg a driver's licence in the right place to narrow the gap it pulls the slides through, but it will still need some manual supervision.

If you get one, have a look at VueScan on the software side - the original software needs (I think) a Windows XP virtual machine to drive it.