Until recently I had planned to purchase the Nikon LS40 Coolscan IV filmscanner. But now that I had learned of the brand-new Minolta Dimage Scan Elite II, I have to think this decision all over.
There are a few features in favor of the Minolta: - color depth 48bit vs. 36bit (I don't know if this is relevant for an amateur), - multi-pass scanning (Nikon only with VueScan), - batch-scanning of four mounted slides. While every manufacturer except Nikon seems to use a fluorescent lamp as light source, the Nikon scanner comes with a RGB LED array. Does one type of light source have advantages over the other? Thanks, -fritz
