I could not give you a scientific answer f_p, but it seems no faster or
slower than the Canoscan FS4000 that I sold to buy the Minolta.
However, where the Canoscan used to fanny around before getting on with
the business of scanning, the Minolta seems somehow more purposeful.
You can see the slide moving back and forth to focus prior to starting
the scan. The first film I scanned was this ISO200 Fuji Superia:
http://homepage.mac.com/zuiko/Dinner2003/
I had to do very little adjustment to the colour or light before
saving the scans. These were scanned at 2700dpi with ICE & ROC in 8
bit colour. For me this is a tribute to either the scanner or the
software. Also, saving the scan takes much less time with Firewire on
the Minolta, than with USB1.1 on the Canoscan.
The Minolta has more controls on the front (ON/OFF, Scan, Eject and
Focus) so you can control without depending on the software to make its
mind up. The Canoscan had only an ON/OFF switch, so if the computer
had gone to sleep and would not wake up (a SCSI card problem on my
computer), you had to do a switch the power off then on to get the
slide to eject and stop roasting the negatives.
I was really dissatisfied with Canon's attitude to Mac OSX, as they had
no driver for it. However, no sooner had I agreed a sale with a
perfectly charming German lady working in the UK than the gits came up
with a new driver (they had denied that they would ever produce one).
Now I am waiting for Ed Hamrick to do one for Vuescan - I like a little
choice you see...
I hope that this is helpful
Chris
On Saturday, Jul 26, 2003, at 03:18 Europe/London, Fast Primes wrote:
Hi Chris,
How does the 5400 compare with your previous film scanner? And are
the scan times you're getting, similar to what others are reporting?
Thanks!
fast_primes
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Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
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http://homepage.mac.com/zuiko
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