Malcolm, I would be hesitant to recommend the Scan Dual II for someone who is going to predominantly scan slides. The Dynamic Range on this scanner is about 3.0 and I find that many of my slides don't scan quite as well as I would like. I would really look at the Nikon's which also have a stack loader available and perhaps ICE so that you don't have to spend so much time cleaning up thousands of images. You would be suprised at how much dust hangs onto the slides.
Much of this depends on how much you are willing to spend. The Minolta is a good scanner in it's price range. But it is at the lower end of film scanners in capabilities. Bruce ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Bruce, Thanks, that puts the Nikon Coolscan back in the running, which has ICE. More expensive than the Minolta, but I'd be prepared to run that far with cash. Shame no offering from Pentax :-( Malcolm - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
