Digital BW, The Print

No 5400 tested with ISO 160067 methods as far as I know. But I
may have missed a test in Color Foto or C't. The test method is
however just defined and not yet published so one can not expect
much test results yet.

See
http://www.image-engineering.de/de/
for the test methods and
http://www.heise.de/ct/
http://www.colorfoto.de/d/1480
for any tests in the issues that I've missed.

Oh, wait a minute: I found something however with google:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=005CLy
looks like they tested in Color Foto with similar methods more
than a year ago, the tester Dietmar Wueller takes part in
creating this new ISO method.

I see that I have also missed the january 2004 issue with much
more tests.

Ernst

quote:

Christian Suwato , dec 16, 2003; 09:52 p.m.
For the friends of scanner tests here some pieces of information:
Scanner test in Color Foto, January
2004: -----------------------------------------------------------
------------ Microtek 120 tf:

iso dynamic range: 3,67 (colour)/2,87 (b+w) iso scanner Dmax:
3,75 signal/noise at D= 2,85: 5,14 S/Nx resolution slow scan (=
direction of movement): 2880 ppi resolution fast scan (= along
scan row): 3400 ppi colour reproduction: 6.80 Delta E uniformity
of illumination: 97,48% depth of field: 0,78 mm deviation from
the scale of the picture: fast scan/slow scan: 0,00%/0,00% pixel
shift: 1,49 pixel

The Microtek Scan Wizard likes to crash if preview is left out
before scanning in high resolution

Minolta Dimage Scan Elite 5400:

3,22/2,80 4,23 4,22 S/Nx 4000/5000 ppi 8,47 Delta E 97,79% 0,39
mm 0,00/0,31%

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Scanner test in Color Foto, February 2002:

[93 points:] Polaroid Sprintscan 120: Dmax: 3,9 ca. 4000 ppi

[92/90 points:] Nikon Coolscan 8000 ED: Dmax >3,6 (colour)/2,3
(b+w) ca. 4000 ppi

[84 points:]Minolta Dimage Scan Multi: Dmax 2,9 ca. almost 4000
ppi (35mm), 3200 ppi

[84 points:]Microtek ArtixcScan 4500: Dmax 3,3 ?

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Conclusion in Foto Magazin, January 2004:

74 points = very good: Microtek ArtixScan 120tf

70 points = good: Microtek ArtixScan 4500t

89 points = good: Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED

68,5 points = good: Minolta Dimage Scan Multi Pro