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[filmscanners] Re: Minolta 5400
david.gordon wrote:
> I've not been here for a while, humour me if this has just been done to
> death but there's no archive...
>
> Need to replace a Polaroid SS4000. Googling around I see many people
> complain that the Minolta 5400 produces fine lines it some scans,
> sometimes, with some software. They look very much to me like a dud pixel
> in the CCD - a one pixel wide line running the length of the scan.
> Usually seen in darker areas. Many people report the exact same trouble
> and show images with the same lines.
>
> Maybe this is fixed in a firmware update, maybe not. Who can tell me more?
>
> From what I've read (on other lists, in other places) this is a scanner
> to avoid.
>
FWIW, I have this scanner and have seen none of this problem.
I use the accompanying Minolta software and Vuescan.
YMMV, obviously.
Haakon
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