I've had a couple of days to play with my new Minolta Dimage (what a silly word)
Scan Multi so I thought I'd share my initial impressions.
35mm
Although, at 2820dpi, it's only marginally higher in resolution than my old HP
Photosmart S20, the image quality is *vastly* superior. I was just amazed. OK,
at around four times the price of the HP it damn well ought to be better but I
just couldn't quite believe it until I saw the scans. Obviously the Minolta has
a better DMAX, but the size of the detail and the texture of the film grain is
much greater than the resolution increase from 2400 to 2820 would lead you to
expect.
Medium format
Because it only scans medium format at 1125dpi, scans from 645 negatives are
actually *smaller* than those from 35mm at full res. Still, it's great to be
able to scan MF at all. I can get a good preview of the images before going into
the darkroom (for B & W) or sending the chromes out to be printed. I shot a roll
of Plus-X with my 645, SMC-A 200/f4.0 and Sigma +1.6 diopter close-up lens as a
test and I'm very pleased with the results. I've uploaded an image to
http://www.robertstech.com/graphics/7d100442.jpg in case anyone wants to have a
look (the JPEG's about 170k).
Look for more medium format in my PUG photos from now on!
Mark
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