[filmscanners] Re: Scan Dual IV vs Scan Dual II

2004-09-14 Thread Berry Ives
I notice on the Minolta compatibility chart, the following footnotes regarding use of the Scan Dual IV with Mac OS-X: *3:You must be logged on as an administrator to complete the driver installation. *4:The Mac OS X plug-in cannot be used with applications that are not OS X native. Since it is

[filmscanners] Re: Scan Dual IV vs. Scan Dual II

2004-09-14 Thread Brad Davis
Carlisle, Thanks for amplifying my answer, yours is so much clearer and sensible. I recognize that I was assuming that everyone knows Unix to some degree, even though I also know that isn't true. Brad Berry, To amplify Brad's answer: When you first set up your Mac under OSX, you create

[filmscanners] Re: Scan Dual IV vs. Scan Dual II

2004-09-14 Thread Carlisle Landel
Brad, My pleasure! I only know enough Unix to be dangerous...but I *do* know macs! 8*) Carlisle Carlisle, Thanks for amplifying my answer, yours is so much clearer and sensible. I recognize that I was assuming that everyone knows Unix to some degree, even though I also know that isn't

[filmscanners] Re: Scan Dual IV vs Scan Dual II

2004-09-11 Thread Arthur Entlich
I can only answer half your question, but I have some idea of the changes that Minolta made between the two. In it's time, the Minolta SD2 was considered good value, however, it was not without its flaws. They had a problem with quality control which led to what I coined lazy sensors which meant

[filmscanners] Re: Scan Dual IV vs Scan Dual II

2004-09-11 Thread Berry Ives
on 9/11/04 6:43 AM, Arthur Entlich at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can only answer half your question, but I have some idea of the changes that Minolta made between the two. In it's time, the Minolta SD2 was considered good value, however, it was not without its flaws. They had a problem with

[filmscanners] RE: Scan Dual IV vs Scan Dual II

2004-09-11 Thread Al Kiecker
I'm only a neophyte at this but I never noticed any of the problems mentioned with my SD2. I am very happy with it for the price. It sounds like significant improvements have been made though, so the SD4 sounds like the better deal. -- al

[filmscanners] RE: Scan Dual IV vs Scan Dual II

2004-09-11 Thread LAURIE SOLOMON
, September 11, 2004 8:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Scan Dual IV vs Scan Dual II Berry Ives wrote: Okay, does anyone have experience on both the Minolta SD2 and SD4? If so, please share that with me. I've read the specs already. I don't usually do Me

[filmscanners] Re: Scan Dual IV vs Scan Dual II

2004-09-11 Thread Preston Earle
LAURIE SOLOMON wrote: Preston, I have to wonder if time were money if you would actually save a whole lot by using dICE since using it often slows down the scan speed a great deal. If one cleaned one's film and dust out of the scanner, would one have to spend more than a minimal amount of time

[filmscanners] Re: Scan Dual IV vs Scan Dual II

2004-09-11 Thread Brad Davis
Preston, At one time I had all my color negatives ( and BW, I use XP2) done at one hour labs and I spent a lot of time spotting - I don't like the dust removal programs (I've tried various instances) as it reduces the sharpness of the image - I already feel that I am not able to truly use the