Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter asked me the same thing. Keep in mind that I am committing my own cardinal sin of "I read it on the web..." Most importantly - the advantage I am referring to applies B&W scanning only and that has to do with the diffused light. Whatever the light source 5400 has, it is not LED, which is supposedly the "bad guy" in scanning B&W, akin to the condenser enlarger. The 5400 II uses LED. Whether the model II's LED is as harsh as other LEDs, I don't know. No one seems to have done a direct comparison yet. The guy at www.scanhancer.com seems to think the 5400II is harsher than the 5400 model I. Add to that model I has the Grain Diffuser, this leads me to the conclusion that for B&W neg scanning, the 5400 is probably the best choice, especially since it is on sale, supports Firewire (Model II doesn't), and AFAIK, the slow speed doesn't apply to B&W scanning. I have not read anywhere that the 5400 II has a diffused light source. If you find a reference, please let me know. At 04:08 PM 8/24/2005, Luis Ripoll wrote: >Hi Richard, > >Could you explain please why do you consider the 5400 better than 5400 II. >I've read that the new one is better, faster, it has also diffused light >source... > >TIA >Saludos desde Barcelona >Luis // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)