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Summary Specifications
Medium Format Film Scanners
Full Specs - Medium Format Film Scanners
Compare the main features of Minolta
Dimage Dual Scan Pro, Nikon Super Coolscan 8000 ED & Microtek Artixscan
120tf scanners - now includes practical scan times.
| Feature Differences more  the
better |
Minolta Dimage Scan Multi Pro |
Nikon Super Coolscan 8000 ED |
Microtek Artixscan 120tf |
| Price |
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| SCSI-2 transfer |
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| Firewire transfer |
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| Firewire card included as standard |
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| Manufacturers quoted scan speeds @ 4000dpi (care! - test conditions vary!) |
54s 35mm 243s 6x6cm |
38 secs for 35mm est. 2.5 minutes for 6x6cm |
<2 minutes for
6x6cm |
| AD Conversion/ Data Conversion |
16 bits |
14 bits |
14 bits |
| Dynamic range
D Max More info. |
4.8 (0.3 x 16 bits) |
4.2 (0.3 x 14 bits) |
4.2 or 3.9 (proprietary test method) |
| Fotostation image management software included |
not included but available |
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not included but available from MegaPixels |
| Software |
Minolta
driver |
Nikon Scan 3.1.1 |
PolaColor Insight
Pro Binuscan Photoperfect Silverfast v5 |
| Feature Differences more the
better |
Minolta Dimage Dual Scan Pro |
Nikon Super Coolscan 8000 ED |
Microtek Artixscan 120tf |
| Dust & scratch removal |
Digital ICE |
Digital ICE |
Microtek DSU |
| Resolution medium format (non interpolated) |
3200 |
4000 |
4000 |
| Resolution 35mm (non interpolated) |
4800 |
4000 |
4000 |
| Batch scanning of film |
Not with medium format film |
Not with medium format film |
Not with medium format film |
| Desktop footprint (m3) |
0.06 |
0.11 |
0.13 |
| microscope slide holder |
extra |
extra |
not available |
| Panoramic film |
For 6 x 12 & 6 x 17cm - add mask to 6cm x 9cm holder. Panoramic formats are not supported directly by the scanner software. - two separate images have to be aligned in an image-editing program eg using Photomerge in Adobe PhotoShop Elements OR buy the dedicated HS-P1 Multi Format Holder Set for panoramic film etc. |
Use FH-869G (optional
extra) for 6 x 12 & 6 x 17cm - these formats are not supported
directly by the scanner software. - two separate images have to be
aligned in an image-editing program eg using Photomerge in Adobe
PhotoShop Elements |
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| 16mm film holder |
HS-P1 Multi
Format holder set |
extra |
not available |
 Practical Scanning Times per slide |
Tim G (note
1) |
more soon.... bookmark this page |
more soon... bookmark this page |
| Feature Differences more the
better |
Minolta Dimage Scan Multi Pro |
Nikon Super Coolscan 8000 ED |
Microtek Artixscan 120tf |
| Notes 1) Tim G uses 3000dpi, 8bit--> 30MB file, firewire connection from within Photoshop5.5, ICE enabled & 300MB RAM allocated, Mac G4, OS 9.0. NB. without Photoshop - 6 min. 2) All Ken Rockwells scan use: 1GB RAM enabled, Mac dual 450 MHz G4, OS 9.2.2, firewire connection from within Photoshop 6.0.1, 1 GB RAM allocated to Photoshop, 20 gigs free HDD space. These times are for Velvia slides, 8bit colour (24 bit colours) no ROC, no GEM, no USM, no curves. Scan times are from when I click SCAN to when the image pops up in Photoshop. Times for scanning negatives seem a little longer. 16 or 8 bit scans seem to take the same amount of time. |
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