Jack Davis asked: Anyone have personal experience or an opinion re either of the following?
1) Konica Minolta 5400 DiMage Scan Elite. I have one. It does what it's supposed to do. There have been some reports of unreliability. I haven't had any problems with mine but I'm only done about 40 scans. The software has a weird bug in it. It scans the slide at 5400 ppi but saves the file at 4000 ppi. No pixels are lost but the print size is increased. I know it's meaningless but it's still weird. The files for 4000 ppi (output) and 16 bit color scans are 200 megs each. The software can be annoying until you figure it out. I often exceeded my low frustration tolerance. I haven't fooled with the digital ice so I can't comment on it. Scanning the slides and saving them to file is enough for now. I don't know if I actually get 5400 ppi off the slide. The computer industry has a long history of lying about things like that and I suspect that this is more of the same. I have no evidence to support my suspicion. I'm just a skeptic. The scanner does a good job capturing detail but it doesn't seem to capture the entire dynamic range of the slide. Let me know if you'd like to have a 200 meg scan to take a look at. I'll e-mail it to you. <G> 2) LaserSoft Imaging SilverFast Ai color managment software. Never used it. Tom Reese
