Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have the Elite 5400 and I scanned B/W neg; B/W pos and color pos with it. And I'm very pleased with the results. Everything on users.telenet.be/philippe.orlent/index.html There wasn't much tweaking done in PS, against my habits even. --- > From: Wade Heninger <heninger@adobe.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:46:33 -0700 > To: hexarRF <hexarRF@yahoogroups.com>, Leica-Users > <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>, "'PAW'" <paw@micapeak.com>, SeePhoto > <seephoto@micapeak.com>, SP <streetphoto@topica.com> > Subject: [Leica] Slighty OT - Scanner Question > > For those not interested in film scanning, don't read on. > > Here is my film scanning situation: > > I had an Epson 1650 flatbed scanner with transparency. It worked ok for > web > posting, but was slow as hell and took a lot of fighting with the UI to get > what I wanted. Also, it wasnt good for printing B/W on my (then) new HP > 7660. > > I then upgraded to a Konica Minolta Scan Dual IV and it *is* much faster, > especially in batch mode, but I oftentimes get worse results than I got > with > the Epson. At first I thought it might be my particular scanner, so I > exchanged it. It still requires a lot of work in PS to get it to where I'm > even somewhat happy. I've tweaked the Minolta software ad nauseum, and > even > paid for Vuescan to see if I could do better. Nope. I'm not happy with the > results. > > I really want a good film scanner so I can scan for the web and also be > able > to print out up to 8x10's on occasion. This is for B/W only. I don't care > about color at all. Just Tri-X, APX 100/400 and Neopan 400. > > I went down to the local digital shop (Glazers in Seattle) and had a talk > with the digital salesperson. She said that the V ED wouldn?t do well with > B/W and that she recommended the Minolta Elite 5400. Of course they didn't > have any in stock, so I have to wait a few days. > > So in the meantime, what scanners are you using for B/W and are you happy > with it? > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > w a d e? h e n i n g e r > i n t e r a c t i o n ?d e s i g n > a d o b e? s y s t e m s ,? i n c . > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >