Digital BW, The Print

> I have two major complaints about scans of my b&w and color
> negs.
>
> 1.  They look grainier than silver or color chemical prints of the
> same.  GEM helps improve this at the cost of very long scan
> times.  I've read that this grainy appearance is called "grain
> aliasing" and is aparent in most prosumer scanners.

A friend of mine has been evaluating and comparing the Minolta to the Nikon
8000 (he sells scanners). Initial comments are that the sharpness of the
Minolta is good, but the scans have a very pronounced graininess, especially
compared to the 8000.