Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wade Heninger wrote: > >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' am a happy user of the Minota 5400. I use it mainly for scanning Kodachrome. But it also makes good B/W scans. It took a while to find the correct way, but the best results I get for negatives (Color and B/W) is by setting the exposure control for negatives to Auto in the Dimage Scan software. Further for optimal sharpness, I use the manual focus knob. One advantage of the Minolta 5400 is that it allows the use of ICE in combination with Kodachrome. A disavantage can be, that it is not fast compared to the Nikons, that is not that important for me as amateur, but can be an important issue, when you have to scan many negatives or slides. There is also one other issue, that can be important for you, it is not nice for Ilford Delta 400. The grain structure of Delta 400 interferes with the scanning resolution of the Minolta 5400. This effect is called grain aliasing. This effect (exaggerating the grain) doesn't happen with Tmax 400, Tmax 100 and Delta 100. Regards Meino de Graaf Meino de Graaf