Re: filmscanners: Minolta Scan Dual II 400 USD ??

2001-02-15 Thread Arthur Entlich
Try http://focuscamera.com I believe they are asking $409, and I also saw a review in epinions or some such web sight which stated that person paid $387. I make no recommendations concerning any of the above, just quoting prices. Watch out for mailing costs, and return policies! Art Ramesh

filmscanners: Minolta Scan Dual II 400 USD ??

2001-02-14 Thread Ramesh Kumar_C
Hi I am planning to buy MY first scanner and have narrowed down on Minolta Scan Dual II; it seems to have value for money. Few mails posted in this list suggested that Minolta Scan Dual II is being sold at below 400USD. Please let me know who is selling at this price. For Minolta

filmscanners: Minolta Scan Dual II

2001-01-11 Thread Viacheslav Zilberfayn
Is there anyone using Minolta Scan Dual II? I would appreciate if you share your experience - sharpness, noise, convinience etc. Thanks in advance. Slava = --- NOTE: EMAIL HAS CHANGED !!! - Slava Zilberfayn| Home +1(416)7838430 | Work +1(416)5931122x2486 EMAIL:

Re: filmscanners: Minolta Scan Dual II

2001-01-11 Thread DSmall9917
I recently bought a scan dual ll. Although it is my first experience with a film scanner, I am quite pleased with it. Have been making 10x13 prints and although they are not as smooth as a darkroom print, i'm happy with them. Havn't learned how to fine tune it yet, but for the price I have no

Re: filmscanners: Minolta Scan Dual II for Mac

2000-11-26 Thread Berry Ives
This is one of the scanners I am considering. Question for Ed Hamrick: What is the status of Vuescan support for this scanner? --Thanks, Berry

Re: filmscanners: Minolta Scan Dual II for Mac

2000-11-26 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 11/26/2000 12:34:01 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is one of the scanners I am considering. Question for Ed Hamrick: What is the status of Vuescan support for this scanner? VueScan doesn't work with USB scanners on the Mac. I haven't figured out how to read and

Re: filmscanners: Minolta Scan Dual II/UPS power supply?

2000-11-18 Thread Jim Snyder
Tony Sleep wrote: I do run it from a APC UPS power supply, if that is of any help to anyone. I don't know if the scanners are sensitive to power fluctuations, but it seems like a good idea to eliminate them. Anyone have any thoughts on this subject? There was some discussion of this a

Re: filmscanners: Minolta Scan Dual II grainy scans and other problems

2000-11-16 Thread Wei Hua
I bought a ScanDual II two months ago and it had the same grainy problem. Not only grainy on underexposed negatives, but also on dark sections of normal exposed negatives (Kodak G400). I spent 3 weeks tweaking, but could never get accurate color from negatives. Finally, I returned it and bought a

filmscanners: Minolta Scan Dual II grainy scans and other problems

2000-11-15 Thread filmscanner
Hi, I've been using the Minolta Scan Dual II scanner for about 2.5 months now and it mostly works fine. However when I scan (mildly) underexposed negatives the resulting scans are horribly "grainy" and sometimes contain some color banding. Two example scans can be found on: