[filmscanners] Re: rebuild your scanner and get better results

["Major A" <andras@users.sourceforge.net>]

> I have been in correspondence with the person involved with this website
> for many months now regarding this matter, and I do not find his claims
> to be unreasonable.  He is not claiming better resolution.  He is
> claiming better color fidelity with considerably less grain, dirt, dust,
> scratches and other surface defects with negatives on the Minolta Pro.
>
> The Minolta scanners, and in particular the Pro when used with negative
> film, tends to show great exaggeration of grain and surface defects.
> Due to my owning a Minolta Dual II which does not even have dICE, I was
> interested in this matter, because it too suffers from these problems.

Thanks Art, that makes things a lot clearer. The fact that the
Minoltas in question use a cold-cathode light source is a surprise to
me.

  Andras

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