Re: Multi Pro or Coolscan 8000?

"Toni Nikkanen" <toni@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> I'm perhaps looking for a true medium format film scanner that I could
> afford. It seems I just might able to buy a second-hand Minolta Scan
> Multi Pro or Nikon Coolscan 8000 unit from eBay or elsewhere. I've
> been trying to come up with a preference between these two units on
> information I found on the web. Are there any updates to what I have
> gathered here:
>
> Minolta Scan Multi Pro:
>        + Glass holder is included
>        + I like Minolta Scan software (experience from my Scan Elite
5400 
> II)
>        + Slide scanning quality is said to be damn good
>        - There are re****ts of problems scanning negatives: excessive
grain
>          and clipped highlights. The "scanhancer" apparently solves the
>          first problem, what about the other? I scan B&W and color
>          negatives a lot, also slides.
>        - Digital ICE, which I intend to use a lot, causes artifacts in 
> sharp edges
>
> Nikon Coolscan 8000:
>        - Banding issue when not scanning at the slow setting
>        - Glass holder an expensive option
>        + No re****ted problems with scanning negatives
>        + No re****ted problems with ICE
>        + For some reason I trust Nikon build quality more but have no
>          actual data to justify this opinion
>
>
> Both have one common (potential) problem: Minolta doesn't make
> scanners anymore at all. Nikon doesn't make the Coolscan 8000 anymore,
> it's replaced by the Coolscan 9000. Will service be a problem? Will my
> scanner turn into expensive junk when something breaks inside?
>
> I'm coming from an Epson V700 + Scan Elite 5400 II combination, I plan
> on selling both when I have acquired the true MF film scanner. My
> "dream scanner" would be one that was as convenient and produces
> as good results as the Scan Elite 5400 II, but for medium format.
> This includes convenience of handling film with the scanner and
> the magically wonderful way ICE is implemented on the 5400II.
>
>
>
>

Just get the Nikon--they have no real competitor in their price range...

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