Since I have the Coolscan V ED, all this makes me glad I'm not shooting
slides. I assume my scanner would have the same issue as the CS 5000.
Someday I'll probably get some of my old slides out and scan them, though.
And now I know that if I discover one that has edge softness I can't stand,
to
Oh well, back to this again...
The problem, as you stated, is depth of field. The answer has been cold
cathode lighting which can be rather bright. I had both a Minota Dimage
Scan II and I stilll have a SS4000 Polaroid, and with both, one needed a
rather badly warped film to have focusing
http://www.photozone.de/8Reviews/reviews/elitecoolscan.htm
is the first result on googling for nikon 5000 ed minolta vs scan
dual... you can try other links there as well.
I was comparing these two scanners too, and finally settled on Nikon.
They are both very good quality scanners. As the
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Left out of the review are issues of focus at the edge of the film
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The truth is you shouldn't be trying to scan slides in their original
cardboard mounts. They should be either remounted in glass or a high
quality glassless mount (Wess or Gepe) that will hold the film flat.
No amount of autofocusing is ever going to bring the center and the
edges into optimal
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The truth is you shouldn't be trying to scan slides in their
original cardboard mounts. They should be either remounted
I am addressing your comments, directly...
My point being that if you took the time to remount your slides for
scanning you'd get much better results from either scanner.
No scanner is going to do it's best with curved film.
What are you trying to achieve, the best scan with the equipment you
Laurie Solomon wrote:
So Mike what you are saying is that unless the Nikon has a manual focus like
the Minolta does the problem is not correctable with the Nikon scanner but
is correctable with the Minolta; but both scanners have the problem under
the autofocus option.
No, I don't think I said
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I am addressing your comments, directly...
My point being that if you took the time
