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A fine collection of serial adaptors and dongles there - not much use though.

What you need is a PCI SCSI card to go into your PC - assuming that you have a spare PCI slot. I use the Adaptec AHA-2940AU card - about £15 second hand from eBay. You probably won't be able to find drivers for any operating system past Windows XP, but Vuescan does not need a driver, Use the free demo of Vuescan to test if it works. Sometimes the scanner needs to be powered up first before booting up the PC.

SCSI to USB converters did exist, but were expensive and rarely worked properly.

Comment by kh1234567890 posted on Nikon LA-2000 Photo, Slide & Film Scanner at 15/05/2019 - 09:36

ilovesaabs wrote:
I have the last variant of the Nikon Coolscan - anything pre-Win7 is ok. Nikon didn't support drivers for anything after Vista, so you might have to invest in VueScan - some people say a one-off payment keeps you supported for some 'time' but it seems not if you are transferring from one machine to another....

The Vuescan 'Pro' license is 'forever' and on any machine. I run it on a Win 8.1 system with Coolscan III without any problem. The Nikon Coolscans were built to last. The usual problem with them is that grime collects on the mirror. It is not difficult to take the cover off and carefully clean it though. The stepping motor also sometimes sticks if it's not been used for a long time. If you get it make sure that you get all the bits - strip film holder etc. And a SCSII cable.

Comment by kh1234567890 posted on Nikon LA-2000 Photo, Slide & Film Scanner at 28/04/2019 - 02:00

I'm very happy with my 27" iiyama. Colour calibration was spot on out of the box and still is 2+ years on. Only £130 these days.

Comment by kh1234567890 posted on Monitor for photo editing- budget £250 max at 16/01/2019 - 22:59

stub wrote:
Use a manual focus lens ? Surely not.

OK, I am old and stupid, but :

How does this beast autofocus at f1.4, given that the PDAF sensor Pentax use is effectively f2.8 ?

Comment by kh1234567890 posted on Pentax D-FA*50/1.4 introduced by Ricoh (UK) and SRS at 21/09/2018 - 00:28

What is manual focus like on this beast ?

Since Pentax PDAF sensors are f2.8ish on a good day, no matter how quiet and powerful etc the focus motors are, surely it won't auto focus well at f1.4 on any existing Pentax body ?

Comment by kh1234567890 posted on New DFA 50mm f1.4 at 30/06/2018 - 09:49

The effect of a well designed AA filter on an image captured with a Bayer array sensor is not the same as a Gaussian blur. It just happens to be cheaper not to have the filter and rely on the sensor outresolving the lens instead.

Comment by kh1234567890 posted on Which Pentax DSLR to upgrade to ? at 24/06/2018 - 20:53

LennyBloke wrote:
Moving to a DSLR without an AA filter will probably bring one of the most notable changes (increased sharpness without PP)

That is a myth. Prove it !

Comment by kh1234567890 posted on Which Pentax DSLR to upgrade to ? at 24/06/2018 - 09:21

danidef wrote:
Accepting offers on the DA 55-300 and DA 12-24, also I'm happy to answer any questions or add any more pictures if requested.

Any shots taken with this particular DA12-24 posted anywhere ?

Comment by kh1234567890 posted on FS: Lenses and filters at 25/04/2018 - 13:13

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