New 5400 scanner ...

[dmr]

They tell me (the ubiquitous "they") that a new version of the Konica-Minolta 5400 scanner is now out. (The 5400 is one I'm considering, assuming I really wanna get a film scanner.)

Anybody know any information, like what Latest And Greatest<tm> features it has which makes it worth more?

Also, any thoughts about trying to pick up one of the older 5400s at a closeout?

 

[felipe]

check out PN, there are suprisingly many threads about it already, seems to generate a lot of interest.
In short:
The 5400 II adds ICE4 and should be somewhat faster, but is it also capable of producing the same high quality B/W scans as the 5400?

From all the threads on PN discussing this it is most probably not, and since I am in the market for one myself, I'll be getting the "old" 5400 ASAP.

btw. minolta will apparently continue producing the 5400 alongside with the 5400 II, which I understand is like a billboard flashing "get the old one for your silver based negs!" is it? 🙂



http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00BIiO

cheers,
Phil