Digital Photo ran a top 5 scanner article in their November issue and the
Nikon Coolscan LS50 (£429) came out a very clear winner for both performance
and software. Epson Perfection 4870 (£350) was second because of the high
functionality and Minolta 5400 (£519) third. The Canon didn't feature.
Interestingly they felt that the extra resolution of the Minolta 5400 didn't
resolve any more detail from fine-grain film that the Nikon at 4000dpi
If you email me direct I'll try to scan the article for you.
Mind you Kodak announced that they are closing a few more film processing
plants in the UK yesterday, with the loss of 500 jobs :-(
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Chris Barker
Sent: 18 November 2004 07:44
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Canon FS-4000
Nils
I sold mine in favour of the Minolta Dimage Scan Elite 5400. This has
the capability to scan at higher resolution (if necessary), has a
better DMax (according to the respective brochures), higher scan speed
and better film holders. It is also, in the UK at least, about the
same price new. Furthermore, it is slimmer and uses ICE rather than
Canon's FARE. Finally, Canon's software and support was a little
half-hearted in my opinion.
I am sure, though, that you will enjoy using whichever machine you buy.
Chris
On 17 Nov 2004, at 23:40, Nils Frohberg wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm on the verge of buying said scanner. Are there any arguments
> against
> it? Any things that are better on a (e.g.) CoolScan V (considering
> its
> increase in price by 150,- EUR)?
>
> I'm almost sure it will be the Canon, but if any strong opposition
> will
> show up during the night, I might reconsider tomorrow morning.
>
> Haunting for opinions,
>
> Nils
>
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C M I Barker
Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
+44 (0)7092 251126
http://www.threeshoes.co.uk
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