Help finding 35mm film insert for Minolta 5400

[danvprod]

Hi -

I just purchased a Minolta 5400 on eBay and the seller failed to inform me that the film holders were missing (so lot of good it is doing as a film scanner...)

Does anyone have an extra 35mm film holder or know where I might procure one?

It is model FH-M10. This is the Konica Minolta Elite 5400 (version 1)

I'm happy to pay...

 

[brbo]

There is a seller on eBay that seems to have access to FH-M10/SH-M10 holders. Do a search...

He's from Russia (yeah, I know!), but I ordered the holders a month ago anyway. I wanted an extra set as I want to make a glass holder, but didn't want to risk ruining my original holders. To be honest, I was expecting this to be a scam, but I actually got the item as described. Shipping took 3 weeks, seller provided the tracking number a day after my payment. I left positive feedback (my eBay username is 'boarchi'). I saw today that he's got another set for sale.

Slide film holder is identical to my original SM-M10 holder, FH-M10 is a bit different. The cross bars between frames are like those on FH-M20 holders (for Minolta 5400 v2). But both holders work OK in my scanner. New negative holder even allows for scanning of a bit larger area of a frame.

I have no connection to the seller and this was the first time I've dealt with him. I'm not responsible if your transaction doesn't go as smoothly as mine...

 

[g_sht]

Do you still need it? I have a spare.

 

[nadoske]

Hello! I have the same problem? Is there anyone who want to sell FH-M10 film holder?

 

[Muju79]

I'm actually willing to sell my 5400 + film holder for spare parts as lately it hasn't been working very well.

 

[Scapevision]

Does anyone else have a holder they would sell?

 

[yossi]

Hi All,

Me too looking for a spare FH-M10 film holder. Please PM me if you have one to sell. TIA

yossi

 

[jmilkins]

me too as well - third in line!

PMs welcome.

 

[Dave Jenkins]

There is a seller on eBay that seems to have access to FH-M10/SH-M10 holders. Do a search...

I did a search, but I can't find the guy. Do you have a link?

 

[roseha]

There was someone, I think from Finland selling the 5400 film holder but the cost was something like $150 last time I looked.
I bought my 5400 from an Amazon merchant a few years back for under $300 and I remember that at the time he left out one of the holders, or sent 2 of one and none of the other, anyway at the time they could still be bought online but I think at the moment Ebay is the only solution. Too bad someone can't make replacements for these parts, it's a really fine scanner and takes up so little space.

 

[jkf]

I'm going to revive this thread, as I do have an extra SH-M10 slide holder for this scanner, but am missing the film holder like everyone else! This has been fine as I mostly shoot slides, but my processor doesn't like to mount them anymore so I need to do strips going forward.

So if anyone is in the opposite situation and interested in a trade let me know -- I don't really want to sell the slide holder right now, as if I can't find a FH-M10 I may try to hack it up and add AN glass to one side, which would also allow scanning panoramic film...