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[OM] Re: Minolta 5400 Scanner WAS: group portrait at FL 330

Subject: [OM] Re: Minolta 5400 Scanner WAS: group portrait at FL 330
From: jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 10:19:47 -0000 (GMT)
>
> Gary,
>
> How do you like the Minolta scanner overall? I am getting nearer to
> purchasing a scanner to do my slides, and the Minolta is high up the
> short list.
>
> Jim Couch
>
> Gary Edwards wrote:
>
>>I finally got around to scanning some of the last negs that I shot/set
>> up.  Here is a Zuiko 16/3.5 shot of Larry and Montie with me in the
>> cockpit at sunrise.  I just upgraded to VueScan 8.1.12 (Ed Hamrick sent
>> me an email notice of the upgrade to improve performance of the Minolta
>> 5400).  So far, I think the old version was better.  It doesn't show up
>> on IE, but the full resolution scan in PS is very noisy (properly exposed
>> Fuji Press 800) even with 5 passes.  And another shot from the same trip
>> on Fuji 400 is also much noisier than previous experience.

I found the same very very noisy scans but the blacks are blacker and
possibly the whites are more grey.
not sure the colour ballance is the same either...


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