cropping on Nikon LS50 (V ED)

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In article <hludd0tiu3qu3rgp9oj2l4kg36b722qa6c@4ax.com>, Nigel Burnett
<nmburnett@rogers.com> writes
>Hi, I've heard that Nikon LS50 does not scan 100% of the slide. Can
>someone please elaborate? How much is missing? Even a single mm would
>be unacceptable as I want to scan some scratched slides, repair them
>with s/w, and create files for my lab to burn new film.
>
Well, they are both right and wrong. ;-)

The LS-50, like other 35mm scanners in the Nikon range, has an active
capture area of 25.1x38.0mm, which is oversized for the nominal 24x36mm
frame. That means that the entire frame from virtually any 35mm camera
on the market can be captured without cropping.

However, like other 35mm scanners in the Nikon range, the LS-50 comes
with two film adapters. The MA-21 takes single slides and reduces the
available scan area to 25.1x36.8mm - still marginally greater than the
nominal 35mm frame. The MA-21 also takes an optional film strip adapter
for unmounted film strips of up to 6 frames, the FH-3, which holds the
film perfectly flat. This film strip holder reduces the available scan
area to exactly the nominal 24x36mm area of the 35mm frame.

The other adapter provided with the LS-50 is a fully motorised feed unit
for unmounted film strips, called the SA-21. With this adapter the scan
area does result in some cropping of the vertical height of the 35mm
frame to allow for the film sprocket detector, which is used for frame
positioning. With the SA-21, the available scan area is 23.3x38mm, so
approximately 0.7mm is cropped from the lower edge of the frame.

So, the LS-50 allows you to scan all of a 35mm frame without cropping,
but its most convenient adapter for unmounted film strips does result in
some cropping. When this happens then you just have to use the
alternative adapter - which requires purchasing the optional FH-3 film
strip holder.
--
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
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In article <vl5hd05erb6c34phjsmkbiovc7iornga1d@4ax.com>, Nigel Burnett
<nmburnett@rogers.com> writes
>On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 21:45:23 +0100, Kennedy McEwen
><rkm@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>Well, they are both right and wrong. ;-)
>>
>>However, like other 35mm scanners in the Nikon range, the LS-50 comes
>>with two film adapters. The MA-21 takes single slides and reduces the
>>available scan area to 25.1x36.8mm - still marginally greater than the
>>nominal 35mm frame.
>
>That's all I really need to know as I'll only be scanning mouned
>slides. Thanks for a detailed and informative response. Now to go
>internet shopping. I presume prices are best in the US where I can
>arrange shipment to a relative and pick it up one trip south, Any
>suggestions from online shoopers down there?
>
>Nigel in the great white north

Either way they will be lower than they are here in the wet UK! :-(
--
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
Python Philosophers (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when replying)