Digital BW, The Print

I've used a Minolta Dimage Pro Multiscan for about four years, and  
still think
it's the best film scanner around - in it's class. The problem is  
that it's no longer
made, and parts will probably be difficult to find, when that  
eventuality arrives.

In the meantime, it delivers wonderful scans, from 35mm to 6X9, and  
the reason for
overall sharpness, even without using the selective focus points, is  
most
certainly the negative holders. I use the Minolta software, but Viewscan
works very well with it, as well.

I agree with other writers, that getting the film flat is both  
essential and
less time consuming than multiple scans at different focus points  
would be.
It might require some creative changes in a negative holder, but hey -
photographers are supposed to be a creative group, aren't we?

Clay Price

  "Barrett Benton" wrote:
I've been using a Minolta DS 5400 (first version) for four years, with
consistent, very satisfying results. I have not experienced issues
regarding film flatness in regard to the resulting scans; whether this
can be attributed to the negative holders, depth-of-focus of the
optics, I'm not certain. No major hiccups with any emulsion I've put
through it thus far.



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