For Sale FS: Panasonic S1R, Sigma Art Lenses, Acc.

We recently acquired an Eversmart Supreme II, so we no longer need our 'scanning camera'. This equipment has lived 95% of it's life on a copy stand in the lab, mostly scanning sheet film. I'd say all of that time it was using the electronic shutter in pixel shift mode, so the actual actuations should be super low.

Panasonic S1R with 2 batteries, charger, 120gb XQD card, RRS L-Bracket: $1750.00

Sigma 70/2.8 ART Macro w/ EF-L adapter (It's the Canon lens, works as native): $450.00

Sigma 50/1.4 ART (L mount version): $500.00

All this equipment is 9.5/10. Very few signs of use. It's extremely well suited to scanning because it both charges and tethers via the USB-C, and the pixel shift mode can make a 189mp file. The contrast AF is extremely accurate, and you can do easy format switching for 1:1, 4x3, 3x2...

B&H still lists the S1R at about $3700 so it's very much priced to sell. This is the basis for the Leica SL2 camera.

Prices are net to me but I will make bundles. I didn't take a ton of photos but can take more on request.

Just a quick update... The 50/1.4 has the box, pouch, papers etc...and comes with a B+W MRC Clear filter.

Still available!

NortheastPhotographic said:

We recently acquired an Eversmart Supreme II, so we no longer need our 'scanning camera'. This equipment has lived 95% of it's life on a copy stand in the lab, mostly scanning sheet film.

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How do the Eversmart scans compare with the S1R? I take it you moved over to the scanner for efficiency reasons?
Tom

Tom Kershaw said:

How do the Eversmart scans compare with the S1R? I take it you moved over to the scanner for efficiency reasons?
Tom

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Yeah the ESII is kind of in another league in terms of its capabilities. The S1R is still a wonderful scanner within it's resolution and workflow realities. At my shop, I need to be able to multitask. If I"m scanning 20 sheets of 4x5 on the S1R I have to sit there and do each and every capture, plus conversion time. Even though the individual capture speed is faster, it's slower. WIth the ESII I load up the bed, make my selections and hit go. In that time I'm running my two Fuji Frontiers and Noritsu scanners or organizing orders. When the scans are done on the ESII, I still convert them with Negative Lab Pro, but there is much less tweaking to do and no need for geometric corrections. And I'll add that it's surprisingly fast for a slow old scanner. I can scan a sheet of 8x10 in 5-8 minutes at pretty decent resolution. Same with 4x5. Then I can hit basically drum scan quality levels when scanning at high PPI figures and wet mounting. I'm very happy with it.

The S1R though I think remains one of the best scanning cameras. It charges and tethers over USB-C, so no need for an AC adapter. It creates pixel shifted files without the need for additional steps, and these are easily readable by LR and PS. The contrast AF is very accurate for scanning. It allows you to shoot in 3:4, 1:1, and 3:2 in raw for easy framing of various formats. The scans are pretty detailed and low noise. Oh and it's also a pretty decent stills/video mirrorless system with great lenses. If I need another digital camera some day I'd look at the Panasonic system for sure, I hope they keep up with it.

NortheastPhotographic said:

Even though the individual capture speed is faster, it's slower. WIth the ESII I load up the bed, make my selections and hit go. In that time I'm running my two Fuji Frontiers and Noritsu scanners or organizing orders. When the scans are done on the ESII, I still convert them with Negative Lab Pro, but there is much less tweaking to do and no need for geometric corrections. And I'll add that it's surprisingly fast for a slow old scanner. I can scan a sheet of 8x10 in 5-8 minutes at pretty decent resolution.

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Thanks for the explanation, my Coolscan 9000 can give good results but the overall productivity isn't great even for my own use as you're only scanning one frame at a time, and can't do sheet film obviously. Processing output is quicker though now I have the unit connected to a more modern computer (second hand HP box with a FireWire card running Linux / VueScan).

How "vintage" of a computer set-up do you have to go for the Eversmart?

The ESII came with a Mac Mini which is from like 2009? It's a Core 2 Duo so at least still within the intel chips. I got it from Micheal Streeter at Scan Solutions. The ESII was way expensive but I understand you can get an IQSmart2 for decent rates. For sheet film that's more than enough...for 35 and 120 you'd prolly want an IQSmart3 but then the cost goes up.

The S1R and Sigma 70 have sold.

The 50 remains!

All sold.