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From: "Alan Womack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Majordomo leben.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 6:34 AM
Subject: Group Scan site updated
> with Two more sample scans from Minolta Scan Elite
>
OK, I checked these out and here's my cut for those that don't want to bother
downloading those industrial strength images...
Halloween Slide:
- White point clipped more than one would expect for wp=0.001%. Better than
Polaroid and Scanwit, not as good as the Canon. Most noticeably the flash
signature in the blue channel has been clipped badly while fully preserved in
the Canon.
- Noise levels are pretty good. Better than Scanwit and Polaroid. Similar to
the Canon although more "clumpy" for some reason.
- Shadow detail as good as the best (ie Polaroid and Canon). I thought the
Scanwit was a step down from these.
- Grain was good. Better than the Polaroid and every bit as good as the Canon.
- Sharpness was good (equal to others).
- Color was yet again different. So 4 scanners and 4 color balances. Although
nothing that can't be easily corrected. I thought the Canon and Elite were
the two closest but that is highly subjective. I based that on the kids skin
not be as red/ruddy as the Polaroid makes them out and the dried corn/hay being
more green than the others make them out (having grown up on a farm I'm not
used to red/orange hay bales...)
Bugcatcher Slide:
- Looked great as do the Scanwit and Canon.
- Better highlight detail than Scanwit, about equal to Canon
- Clipped shadows compared to Canon and Scanwit.
- Butterfly net handle is solid blue while Canon has purple tint. Scanwit is
inbetween. Same goes for the hat. The purple/red direction is more accurate
according to my notes.
- Sharpness and grain was good.
- Noise similar to Canon, better than Scanwit.
Resolution Slide:
- What dpi rating is the Elite? The resolution slide appears to be a little
over 4000 dpi based on its size....but the resolution is similar to the Canon
(actually a smidgen worse). The Polaroid edges them both out by about 10%.
Leaves/Sky Slide (I assume it is a slide...no label...be nice to know what kind
of slide it is too)
- Highlights not as clipped as Polaroid.
- Gamma lower than Polaroid (not a quality thing just an observation, I had to
adjust to match the gammas)
- Grain at same image size is much better than Polaroid
- Polaroid is noticeably sharper (and better than what we saw on the previous
slides so something isn't right with the Polaroid scans in that
department....this one is clearly more than 10% better.)
- the subject matter didn't allow meaningful comment on noise or shadow
performance.
Overall, quite a decent showing. Comparable to the Canon. Better than the
Scanwit
and Polaroid. Unfortunately, no negatives to compare which is a significant
component and highly variable between scanners so we really don't know its
overall "score".
Cheers,
Byron
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