Cool Elephant Whiskers Mark! Just kidding. The whole time it was loading I
thought it was part of an elephant. Quite nice.
Tom C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 5:57 AM
Subject: New scanner: first impressions
> 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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