hmmm....my Scan Dual II is still working fine after about 4-5 years and around 30,000 scans.
-- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 6:34:02 PM, you wrote: AM> I concur, with one caveat. The Minolta's aren't up to serious use. I AM> killed my Scan Dual III after ~300 rolls in ~2 years. But for AM> lower-rate use they're great. AM> -Adam AM> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have and use both a Minolta Scan Dual II and Nikon Coolscan IV ED. Either >> can be found for well within or under your budget. Both do a superb job. >> >> The Nikon is a more robust unit and includes dust and scratch removal ( not >> usable with BW silver gelatin films). >> >> I don't use any of the manufacturers' software. I drive them both with >> VueScan. It does a better job. >> >> In some ways I like the scan quality of the Minolta more: it's lens has more >> DoF and handles severely curled film better. But the Nikon is faster and has >> slightly better acutance, and it's film carriers are sturdier (particularly >> the APS carrier). >> >> Both of these ~2900ppi scanners have made scans that produced superb 13x19 >> inch prints. >> >> Godfrey - www.gdgphoto.com >> >> On Feb 17, 2009, at 5:37 PM, Nick David Wright <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> What would you all recommend for a good, reasonably priced film scanner? >>> >>> I'm thinking in the $200-300 range. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> ~Nick David Wright >>> http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
