Need another negative/slide scanner....

[blinded]

I need to be able to scan images that can be used in 11"x17" spreads. Used a Minolta Dual II before, but I want something that has firewire and dust / scratch removal. Less than a grand? Anyone have anything for sale or anything to reccomend? I don't care about APS.

[blinded]

London drugs has a Minolta Dimage Scan Elite 5400 for $1100. I might checka that out.

ok enough talking to myself.

[well ridden]

1100$ for a scanner? HOLY HANNAH!

my HP one that was like 200$ works fine for me, but then again i am not a professional photografer

[Ian_]

Originally posted by blinded
I need to be able to scan images that can be used in 11"x17" spreads. Used a Minolta Dual II before, but I want something that has firewire and dust / scratch removal. Less than a grand? Anyone have anything for sale or anything to reccomend? I don't care about APS.

Thats what I have and it kicks ass...there not many scanners that wil give you 11x17 at 300dpi under a G.

[Battlecat]

$1100

is lots of money:D

buy a nikon digital slr and you dont have to worry about scanning:D

[Cheese]

hey blinded, i was gona get a minolta doul scan 2. It doesn't have a firewire??? then how are you supposed to hook it up to your comp? No dust removal... hmmm, shit.

[h4mst3r]

Originally posted by BP
$1100

is lots of money:D

buy a nikon digital slr and you dont have to worry about scanning:D

of course the nikon dslr's cost more than $1100 and i dont think will fill an 11x17 at 300 dpi

ravi are you sure you cant just get a good slide scanner with maybe 4800x2400 or something? or scan 300 dpi at 600%?

or is it the dust removal that your after?

[blinded]

Originally posted by h4mst3r
of course the nikon dslr's cost more than $1100 and i dont think will fill an 11x17 at 300 dpi

ravi are you sure you cant just get a good slide scanner with maybe 4800x2400 or something? or scan 300 dpi at 600%?

or is it the dust removal that your after?

Dust removal is nice, and if I'm already spending half a grand, I don't mind spending another half for nice things like digital ICE and faster scan times. I am in need of guidance.

[blinded]

Originally posted by Ian_
Thats what I have and it kicks ass...there not many scanners that wil give you 11x17 at 300dpi under a G.

Well, couldn't I just scan le image at 5400dpi and it would be good enough for a spread?

CONFUSION

[Cheese]

9600!!!!! I never knew they made em that high? I wanted to get something around 2800 :|

[blinded]

Originally posted by Cheese
hey blinded, i was gona get a minolta doul scan 2. It doesn't have a firewire??? then how are you supposed to hook it up to your comp? No dust removal... hmmm, shit.

USB port. Dust removal isnt a biggie if you aren't scanning a gabillion things like I have to do. Touching stuff up in photoshop takes only a bit of time.

[blinded]

Originally posted by Cheese
9600!!!!! I never knew they made em that high? I wanted to get something around 2800 :|

It was a flatbed I was testing, and 9600 is software enhanced or some jibber jabber. It really only went up to 1200 or something. I'm quite sure 2800 is more than enough for personal use.

[Ian_]

I ment it's would be tough to find a good scanner for that price for what you want. the 5400 is good enough for any magazine size. any bigger you'll want to go to drum. depending on your fussiness for quality.

as for the dpi deal. you scan at 5400 or what ever dpi you want and the output is set at 300dpi or whatever you set it at.


300 is a print standard for resolution.

the 5400 comes with all that ice and extra stuff you need but the minolta software crapped out on me in a day. And is known too. you should factir in that you will have to buy Vuescan ( www.hamrick.com ) its under a hundred bucks a works well.

In this case i struggled with the price for while but once you get it and see what its does for you it's so worth it. If you got the money to spend.

[blinded]

Originally posted by Ian_
I ment it's would be tough to find a good scanner for that price for what you want. the 5400 is good enough for any magazine size. any bigger you'll want to go to drum. depending on your fussiness for quality.

as for the dpi deal. you scan at 5400 or what ever dpi you want and the output is set at 300dpi or whatever you set it at.


300 is a print standard for resolution.

the 5400 comes with all that ice and extra stuff you need but the minolta software crapped out on me in a day. And is known too. you should factir in that you will have to buy Vuescan ( www.hamrick.com ) its under a hundred bucks a works well.

In this case i struggled with the price for while but once you get it and see what its does for you it's so worth it. If you got the money to spend.

Thank you sir for helping me again! I appreciate it! Got any examples of anything you've scanned with it?

[Ian_]

this has been crunched for web but should give you some sort of idea

http://www.powderroominternational.com/juju/dave_3.jpg

[blinded]

Thats awesome. Thanks for the help.

[NickS]

nice skiing shot.

[scottvelez]

Large dynamic range and ICE type features are way more important than how many pixels per inch. You can always upres a quality scan in photoshop to get the size you need, but a bad quality scan will always be a bad quality scan - no matter how good you are with photoshop.

As with digital cameras, go for quality first, THEN look at the number of pixels.

[blinded]

Originally posted by scottv
Large dynamic range and ICE type features are way more important than how many pixels per inch. You can always upres a quality scan in photoshop to get the size you need, but a bad quality scan will always be a bad quality scan - no matter how good you are with photoshop.

As with digital cameras, go for quality first, THEN look at the number of pixels.

Yep, thats why I'm gonna make sure to get ICE. What does this Dynamic Range stuff you talk about mean exactly? I mean, I've heard about it and have a slight idea what it is, but I might miss whole concept without explanation.

[Cheese]

ICE is a program used when scaning VIA a slide scanner right? Can someone explain it to me? :o