Stealth3kpl Posted January 4, 2012 Share #1 Posted January 4, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Plustek to Unveil New Line of Scanners at CES Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Hi Stealth3kpl, Take a look here Plustek 120. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
wattsy Posted January 4, 2012 Share #2 Posted January 4, 2012 Nice looking industrial design. Good to know that there are still one or two companies who haven't given up on 'affordable' film scanners. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticman Posted January 4, 2012 Share #3 Posted January 4, 2012 Very encouraging to see new dedicated film scanners still being developed - especially for 120. Look forward to seeing more specific information about these models. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted January 4, 2012 Share #4 Posted January 4, 2012 I was going to say this must just be another repackaging of the Reflecta 120/Primefilm 120 scanner but it can't be, there is no 35mm slot on the side so the film feed must be different (despite the control buttons looking to be in a very similar positions). This is great news and an obvious open market for something to replace Nikon and Minolta scanners if the quality is comparable. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted January 4, 2012 Share #5 Posted January 4, 2012 Interesting and good to see - as said, it all depends on the level of quality they offer. It's just surprising a relatively unknown brand see the opportunity to sell film scanners and the main producers don't. It must surely be a growing market (from this point) as most digital users who have/will also want to use film, probably want to scan film rather than wet print. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delander † Posted January 5, 2012 Share #6 Posted January 5, 2012 Lets hope the software is not Silverfast. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RITskellar Posted January 6, 2012 Share #7 Posted January 6, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) I was going to say this must just be another repackaging of the Reflecta 120/Primefilm 120 scanner but it can't be, there is no 35mm slot on the side so the film feed must be different (despite the control buttons looking to be in a very similar positions). This is great news and an obvious open market for something to replace Nikon and Minolta scanners if the quality is comparable. Steve Yes, I noticed the lack of a feeder slot as well, which would likely indicate that it would have a drawer-like tray just like the Nikon 9000 did, and batch scan (hopefully) up to 12 frames. The design, at least its relative size and proportion, with two buttons and one front tray, is exactly like the 9000. I hope the quality is comparable and at a reasonable price. I'm still kicking myself for selling my 9000 last year! Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted January 6, 2012 Share #8 Posted January 6, 2012 … selling my 9000 last year! Andy You did WHAT ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share #9 Posted January 6, 2012 You did WHAT ? Well, he'd already sold his grandmother Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted January 6, 2012 Share #10 Posted January 6, 2012 I'm still kicking myself for selling my 9000 last year! Probably a good time to sell it, before servicing becomes a problem, and before support dries up, basically before it becomes obsolete and its worth nothing. The new MF scanner, if it can hit the mark for quality, will at least be good for a few years into the future. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticman Posted January 6, 2012 Share #11 Posted January 6, 2012 basically before it becomes obsolete and its worth nothing... As long as a 9000 is still operating, then it's anything but 'obsolete'. There's no 'good' time to sell a machine like that, unless it's already broken and sold for parts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share #12 Posted January 6, 2012 I hear the sound of Sekor lenses being polished Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted January 7, 2012 Share #13 Posted January 7, 2012 Probably a good time to sell it, before servicing becomes a problem, and before support dries up, basically before it becomes obsolete and its worth nothing. The new MF scanner, if it can hit the mark for quality, will at least be good for a few years into the future. Steve Steve, I just bought an obsolete Minolta 5400 135 film scanner. It is almost ten years old, while the manufacturer does not exist anymore, and I figure, service should be difficult, once, any problem should arise. Let me tell this: this old Minolta runs circles around the latest new dedicated 135 film scanner offerings (which I also have used). It is faster, it has autofocus and automatic film feed, it has a higher resolution and it runs stable without crashing. Did I mention, it murders other "new" offerings in it's Dmax as well - I mean like … easily? Oh, and why is it, that none of the newly offered scanners can have as brilliant, tough film holders, as the Minolta? Buying a second hand, unknown CS 9000 Today for 2.500,- EUR, not knowing, how it turns out is kind of risky, but selling one, that has been bought at more sane cost and is known is … well … kicking your ass time, I suppose Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
too old to care Posted January 7, 2012 Share #14 Posted January 7, 2012 I hear the sound of Sekor lenses being polished Pete Already saving my pennies..... Suppose it would take quite a lot of them though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted January 7, 2012 Share #15 Posted January 7, 2012 Let me tell this: this old Minolta runs circles around the latest new dedicated 135 film scanner offerings (which I also have used). I usually have some basis for what I say, even if I don't bang on about it. I for instance recently sold a Minolta Multi Pro MF scanner, often acknowledged as a better scanner than the 9000. Why sell it? Well it would not run on my new PC, no driver support, and I was already reading of reports that bulbs were unavailable and that Minolta were not interested anymore in repairing the mechanism. Fiscally it is one thing to buy a cheap obsolete scanner and if the worst happens you haven't lost much. But a 9000 or a Multi Pro will remain expensive until the day they die, one minute it could be worth £1200, the next minute nothing. A bit different to £250 and then nothing. You are happily asking people to take a much bigger financial risk but based on very different criteria to those when buying a cheap scanner. I wouldn't ask people to take those bigger risks based on a low risk plan. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted January 7, 2012 Share #16 Posted January 7, 2012 As long as a 9000 is still operating, then it's anything but 'obsolete'. There's no 'good' time to sell a machine like that, unless it's already broken and sold for parts. As I said to Menos, adopting a risky strategy may be OK if was a cheap scanner, but as soon as 9000 stops working it could go from £1200 to nothing in value. The option of allowing somebody else the privelege of taking that hit by selling before disaster strikes should be open to the user, not basking in bravado about how good a scanner it is. I'd rather have the money than boring people with stories about 'great MF scanners that failed on me'. If it is used for business though there is no great risk in running it into the ground, it will be written off against tax anyway. Think of it this way, if there was a vunerable part in the M6, and Leica said they had no more replacements available, everytime you used it could be the last. Do you carry on using it, or sell it while it still has a value and invest your money into an MP? Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted January 7, 2012 Share #17 Posted January 7, 2012 Steve, not that a film scanner is like fresh eggs or milk, regularly turning from all good to total loss from one day to another, but of course, I see your point - it's valid. Nevertheless do I prefer better scanning Today with a "risky" machine over mediocre scanning from a machine, that a manufacturer gives a short warranty and provides repair and service (in the case of a cheap scanner often uneconomical). The pictures is it, what I am after. The reason, why I would not pick up an exceptionally overpriced Nikon 9000 Today is two fold: - it's technically not worth the money, going rates are these days (read lesser scan quality output than similarly priced solutions) - it's old tech without service and warranty Again, if I would have a Nikon 9000 in my possession, I bought new for a reasonable price, I would keep and use it (except if it would have too little use, to keep it). I would not sell it, to bag a few thousand EUR and buy a mediocre unit, paying 1/2 to 3/4 of the money, I got for the Nikon and kick myself for the quality loss of my scans - that makes no sense, really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis44 Posted January 8, 2012 Share #18 Posted January 8, 2012 As far as I know, Nikon does still service the V, 5000 & 9000 and parts are still available. On the others, they will service, but some parts are not available, so if you just need a clean and adjust on them, they will do it. Precision Camera will do it on the Minolta, but parts are a problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucklik Posted January 9, 2012 Share #19 Posted January 9, 2012 As far as I know, Nikon does still service the V, 5000 & 9000 and parts are still available. On the others, they will service, but some parts are not available, so if you just need a clean and adjust on them, they will do it.Precision Camera will do it on the Minolta, but parts are a problem. I have a faulty 4000ED Nikon does not even took a look at it, they just send it back and told they do not repair it anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticman Posted January 9, 2012 Share #20 Posted January 9, 2012 I have a faulty 4000ED Nikon does not even took a look at it, they just send it back and told they do not repair it anymore. That's amazing as it's still possible to buy that model new - though 'new old' stock, of course. I assume you're probably talking about Nikon Europe - I found them to be pretty unhelpful (though friendly), with very little knowledge of their own products. When it comes to this new scanner, I'm dreaming that it's a rebrand of the 9000ED. It looks like it almost could be. I certainly wouldn't mind the value of mine spiralling downwards, if I knew that it had risen phoenix-like from the flames... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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