Manual focus has been the best feature of this scanner! Until you have used
this function you will not believe how much better some of the scans have
come out!
Cheers Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 8:36 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Test scans from walt - minolta 5400
> Richard,
>
> Except for finishing off the dwindling stock of KR64 and the occasional
roll of Velvia, Provia 100F and 400F are pretty much all I have shot for the
last several years. Right now, there are over 60 rolls of 35mm 100F and 20
rolls of 35mm 400F in the beer/wine/Coke/film fridge. There are probably
about that many 120 rolls of each, too. I swear by the stuff!
>
> But at 5400dpi, it's still got grain. I believe if you scan at this
resolution and you don't see some grain at extreme magnifiacation, your
scanner is not focusing correctly. That's one of the things I like most
about the Minolta -- manual focusing. It nearly always seems to produce
sharper, more detailed scans than depending on the autofocus. But ain't
that the way it always is with any kind of autofocus anything anyway?
>
> Walt
>
>
> --
> Everybody has a photographic
> memory. Some people just don't
> have any film.
>
>
>
> > Try Provia 100F and 400F. The grain or lack thereof is just amazing.
> >
> > At 11:18 AM 5/18/2004, Walt Wayman wrote:
> > >The main thing the 5400 has taught me is that sometimes what looks
sharp
> > >really ain't when you get right down to 5400dpi scans. Maybe I'll
start
> > >using one of my hated tripods more. And the difference between 100 and
> > >400 speed film is obvious.
> >
> > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly,
please
> > use richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> >
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