Digital BW, The Print

My opinion only--based on my experience.

I have found Nikon software to be cumbersome.  I bought one of the earlier
Coolscans and had nothing but terrible responses from their tech support.

I eventually switched to Minolta and never looked back.

For software, whatever you choose, I recommend Vuescan at www.hamrick.com.
Inexpensive, very customizable, Ed is rsponsive and constantly updates.

Seth

==-----Original Message-----
==From: Charles Wilber [mailto:cwilber@...] 
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==My old HP film scanner finally died so I am in the market for 
==a new one. The Nikon Coolscan V and the Minolta Scan Elite 
==5400 appear to be the highest rated in the lower price level. 
==I scan 35mm color slides and XP2 negatives and print mainly 
==black and white prints. Do people have recommendations for a 
==good scanner and is it worthwhile to add the Silverfast 
==software? I scan medium format negatives with my Epson 3200 
==using Silverfast and like it but probably don't scratch the 
==surface of its capabilities. Thanks for any help.
==Chuck
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