Digital BW, The Print

Hi John, 

no I have no personal experience with it, but have read some online 
sources, and one said they have measured a real world dmax of 3,8 
which should be enough for b&w negs.
I will go for a DSLR very soon, but for some special occasions I 
would like to continue to shoot and print film, specially b&w which 
has a different look on film than on digital. But also if I dont want 
to carry around the heavy DSLR, lenses and battery recharging 
adapters, digital wallet for storage in my holidays (welcome to the 
digital age!), my ascetic but excellent Konica Hexar will be like 
being free again 

But the real sensational part on the Minolta is not only the 
resolution but the price. Its hardly more than a 2900dpi Nikon LS40 
(which I have used sometimes).

While its true that 5400 dpi is kind of overkill on 35mm negs, it 
frees you at least from the task of having to find the optimal up-rez 
tool - one can forget genuine fractals with it. And down- sizing is 
always easy and will give you some extra sharpness.

So I will actually wait the first more substantial reviews but I am 
ready to buy...

regards Bernie

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dequnicey" 
<johncadey@n...> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm in the market for a new negative scanner, and looking for 
user's 
> experiences with the new Minolta which has just reached the 
retailers 
> here in the UK. Has anyone had any experience of this machine yet? 
> I realise that resolutions of over 4000 are of debateable 
advantage, 
> but I'm looking  particularly for information on the dMax in actual 
> practice as opposed to advertising fantasy figures.
> Thanks,
> John Adey