> - Image quality - sharpness: The Canon was definitely sharper and more > snappy on the same image. This could be (and I suspect it is) the > effect of > Digital Ice vs Canon Fare. I intend to do another test with Ice off > (unfortunately I scanned all my Canon samples with Fare on) The > difference > was very obvious and before sharpening, the Minolta scans looked > pretty bad > compared to the Canon's.
Is this the experience of other people too? i am planning to buy this scanner. but sharpness is crucial. At 5400 dpi you have too make pretty sharp pictures and for that you need high grade camera lenses. Also a difference may be the use of diffuse or colimated lightsources in the scanners. Colimated lightsources will give apparently a higher sharpness, it enhances grain perception. Also, seeing more apparent grain is not an indication of more resolution. Furthermore, ice and fare both reduce sharpness, this is inherent to the process, and some of this software does better than others. What i like to know, is how well it does on a raw scan, without any postprocessing except for filmprofiling and global tonal range adjustments. No sharpening, ice, gem, fare, whatever. Does it fine with darker slides or dense negatives? How much noise does it generate actually? And at what temperature was this measured? (chips tend to make more noise when they get warmer) I prefer to keep scans as pure as posssible in order to archive my images. Ice gem etc are postprocessings subject to future improvements. And for definitive images nothing can compete with skillfull manual retouching. Sharpening i do always just before sending the image to the printer, because it depends on print size and the end state of the image. According to others the minolta is definitely sharper than the existing 4000 dpi scanners, and has better actual dynamic range. Is this true for most people? sirius ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
