Walt... I can here the cry now!!! I have printed a number of images at 12x8"
Every single person has said that they can not believe the sharpness and
detail in the prints!
Have fun with your new toy!
Cheers Adam
PS I have only just started to use the manual focus my self now! I have gone
back to a number of slides that looked slightly unsharp in print. On the
second scanning the sharpness and detail has improved amazingly!
>-- Original Message --
>From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx (Oly List)
>Subject: [OM] Minolta 5400 first impressions
>Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:49:23 +0000
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>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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