I have the Minolta Dimage Scan Dual IV and so far am very pleased. Does a nice job on B&W. Head and shoulders above the crappy PrimeFilm I had. I paid $269.00 locally for mine, which is quite high. Careful shopping on eekBay will get you a good one for under $200.00.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 4:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: advice for filmscanner > > > Tim, > > Most of what I'm interested in scanning are B&W negatives, which do > NOT work with ICE at all. > > ICE is an excellent aid/convenience if you have older negatives/ > slides that are both compatible and slightly damaged or dusty. I've > worked with several scanners that supported it but never bought one. > In all cases that I've seen, you can turn off the ICE for scanning > B&W film (or Kodachrome). > > Scanners in the 3000-4000 ppi resolution range are quite good enough > for most purposes. I've heard some negative reports on the KM Elite > II model: several folks I know bought one and then exchanged it for > the similar Nikon model. If you're working mostly with B&W, though, > and you want to make 5x7 to 8x12 sized prints, the less expensive > Scan Dual IV does a fine job, and is inexpensive. > > BTW: To batch scan more than a strip of six negatives or four slides > will require a higher end Nikon/KM scanner and an expensive optional > attachment. > > Godfrey > > On Oct 3, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Tim Sherburne wrote: > > > > > Tom (and other film scanner owners), do you think Digital ICE > > support in the > > hardware is worthwhile? > > > > From what I can tell, the Konica-Minolta Elite series has hardware > > ICE while > > the Dual series does not. There's obviously a big price difference. > > Someone > > else this morning mentioned they'd pick ICE support over higher > > resolution. > > > > I have to balance scanner speed, quality, and cost; US$600 is about my > > spending limit and batch scanning is a must. >
