Since the thing has been out of the box barely 24 hours, it's probably too soon
to make any profound pronouncements regarding its performance. But I do have a
couple of preliminary observations.
1. The Minolta software, despite some grumbles I have heard from others, is
quite good -- so good, in fact, that I haven't yet resorted to Vuescan. I'll
try it in a day or two. I just downloaded the latest update.
2. The scans I'm getting at 5400dpi are so outstanding that I am now even
further from going digital than I thought I was. There just simply ain't no
way any current digital camera I can afford and/or would consider buying can
equal the detail I'm getting from Fuji 100F and Kodachrome slides.
3. An important feature of this scanner is the same as what I consider to be
one of the most important features of the OM cameras: MANUAL FOCUS! The auto
focus produces excellent scans, but I haven't done one yet that hasn't been
improved by focusing the scanner manually. I don't think I would ever consider
a scanner without this.
So far, so good -- and pretty damn good, too! Later today, I'm going to make a
few big prints (11"x14" or so) on the Epson 2200. If you hear a "holy s**t!"
from this direction, it could be me. :-)
Walt
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