Paul: I bought a 5400 from Morgan a few months ago. It's very impressive: in batch mode it just ploughs through scanning neg strips (or slides) to a set of defaults which you define in advance. I'm not an "expert" but I have experienced bad and good MMI's / products /software, and this device is solid, well-made, flexible and pretty intuitive.
John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 May 2006 04:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] Re: large scanning project > >Any reason you left the Dimage 5400 II off the list? > I just did a bit of investigation of this scanner and discovered that although it has some impressive features, Konica-Minolta is going out of business. It is only still available in a few places, but is available at a very good price. If I do get it, I will probably need to act quickly, rather than do careful research. Any opinions on this scanner? Should I snap one up quickly, before they are gone, or let it pass? Like the Nikon Coolscan V ED, the reviews seem to be very mixed with some people loving it, and others having lots of problems. The reviews on Nikon's 50 slide feeder seem fairly uniformly negative. Another question. Is anyone familiar with the film scanning service http://www.digmypics.com/ or with other such scanning services? Do they do a good job of producing professional quality scans at 4000+ dpi of 35 mm slides? How safe is it to mail away my very best irreplaceble slides to a service like this for scanning? ___________________________________________________ Dr. Paul Patton Life Sciences Building Rm 538A work: (419)-372-3858 home: (419)-352-5523 Biology Department Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science." -Albert Einstein ___________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.2/349 - Release Date: 26/05/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.2/349 - Release Date: 26/05/2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
