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Yeah, seems to be - but I really have no comparison to other home scanners.
I guess the option of scanning into a 48-bit .dng is a good starting point if you just want a scan full of information. However, because I don't have PS, nor do I require ~400mb scans, I've not been scanning in RAW. I've just been scanning straight to jpg and editing within the app itself.
If you want I can scan a totally unedited 48-bit .dng at 7200dpi so you can have a play with the file in PS and see what you get?
48 bit, hi-res or and file-types aren't really concerns for me (I'm not really after huge enlargement). I am after max recorded infos though.
The manufacturer quoted dmax figures for these scanners is good but requires some type of (quite slow) multi-scan mode. In don't know if you've tried that option? Dynamic range is pretty poor without ... which makes me think slides are going to suck.
miro_o-
Ah, I misunderstood what you meant by max info. I’ll look into it and can scan some slide film soon.
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48 bit, hi-res or and file-types aren't really concerns for me (I'm not really after huge enlargement). I am after max recorded infos though.
For me hi-res and 48 bit are part of a "max recorded info" approach.
Yes of course I want the highest resolution possible for starters even if I am "not after huge enlargement". A 4000x6000 scan downsized to 400x600 looks a lot better compared to one scanned 400x600 directly.
I played around with the multi-scan modes with Silverfast and the Quato Intelliscan I have;
did quite a lot of comparisons between 1-pass and 2, 4, 8, 16-pass scans..
Noticed that some images seemed to improve a bit (bit better / "deeper" colour, bit less noise) with multi-pass. Found it didn't really improve further after 4x scans.
With black and white and also with some colour / film types I actually preffered simple 1x scans as the multi option seemed to take away the grittyness that I appreciated. -
I would rather buy a Minolta 5400, it's a great scanner and easy to find second hand
JB
salad
platypus
Yeah, seems to be - but I really have no comparison to other home scanners.
I guess the option of scanning into a 48-bit .dng is a good starting point if you just want a scan full of information. However, because I don't have PS, nor do I require ~400mb scans, I've not been scanning in RAW. I've just been scanning straight to jpg and editing within the app itself.
If you want I can scan a totally unedited 48-bit .dng at 7200dpi so you can have a play with the file in PS and see what you get?