> Looking at getting a 35mm transparency scanner and was considering the > Minolta Dimage Scan Elite 5400. Its specs on paper look pretty good but > nothing beats some user feedback or an Apple benchmark test! :-) I've > scratched around on the web for some reviews but there is nothing > particularly enlightening. Recall someone on the list asked of this a > while back now but I'm not sure if they got any responses. >
Hi Alex That was me asking Q's abut the minolta. I have also been looking for reviews with a view to selling my nikon 4000 and buying the minolta instead. I have a great offer on my nikon, but I am not selling till I can find out more about the new machine. The down side is that if you have bulk, the minolta does not have a 50 slide bulk loader, but other wise the specs do look impressive. My thought was simply that this new machine must benefit enormously from the 3 years technology gap between it's launch and the launch of the nikon 4000 in 1999/2000 or whenever it hit the street. Does that make sense? The N is a great machine, but my best guess is that the Minolta must be woirth a punt at 600 GBP (inc VAt _ Jessops price) If you find a review let me know! > Does anyone have any experience or recommendations? Budget is up to > �700. Never owned anything from Minolta before, not entirely sure what > to expect software wise etc. I would plan to drive the machine with vuescan which supports other minolta stuff so software is not really an issue. Andy -- Andy Johnstone Photography Member of the Association of Photographers (UK) =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
