Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Joe. I just bought a Dimage Scan Dual II (the newer version) and have been quite happy. I guess "disgust" is a relative term. Before my purchace, I was using an HP PhotoScan, the original, and was fairly happy. After seeing images of the same slides scanned with my new scanner, I am disgusted at the old images. I will be rescanning most of them. Maybe if I could afford a 4000 DPI scanner with a dynamic range of 4.2 I would be disgusted with my Minolta. I can't, so I am happy with mine. Aram Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 16:45:55 -0700 From: "Joe Codispoti" <joecodi@charter.net> Subject: Message-ID: <001501c13277$13ff4cc0$1a45973f@joe> References: <3B8F9560.15089.12DD511@localhost> <B7B52437.13CF3%abridge@mac.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20010830145633.034972f0@127.0.0.1> <20010831163311.H17196@oven.com> I am very disgusted with 35mm scans' quality I have observed from my Minolta Dimage Multi (original version software). I sent the scanner to Minolta and, after $214 it is still the same. I repacked it and sent it again, this time to the attention of the manager. I was told that it works just fine, as per specs, and that maybe it is my computer that is the culprit (Minolta claims that unless it is a "brand" computer, it may be the cause of my woes). Has anyone experienced similar problems? Is the type of computer pivotal in scanning quality? I have been considering a new scanner (4000 dpi) but the experience with mine makes me very nervous in considering an outlay of many hundreds of dollars. Joe