Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Austin Franklin" <
darkroom@i...> wrote:
> > Wow, there is a whole lot of "techno babble" laced, pompous
> > opinions about a
> > device that apparently no one has used! To read the opinions that are
> > expressed in this thread one could draw the conclusion that this unit is a
> > piece of junk. Further, that the Minolta people are just a
> > mendacious bunch
> > and have just entered the commercial world of photography.
> 
> Well, I don't know about all that...but some of their technical statements
> were not really accurate, their example of 14 bits vs 16 bits wasn't using
> real images...so there is good reason to be skeptical of their
> marketing...not necessarily of the scanner.  The scanner MAY be very good, I
> don't believe anyone said otherwise.


yes, I too have no experience with Minolta scanners and am saying 
nothing good or bad about them in this thread.

-mikeH