Minolta Film Copy Adapter / Scanner?

[andrewlee]

Hey Friends,

Need some advice. I have about 100 rolls of negatives containing precious photographs of my big family. Unfortunately, the only means I have of digitizing them is by scanning prints (pretty bad results).

Is there a Minolta / 3rd party slide copier adaptor available for macro lenses (I have Minolta 50mm f2.8 macro + 5D)?

What about the Minolta Dual Scan "personal" / III / IV? Are they user-friendly & fast?

Both cost & time are my major consideration.

Appreciate any contribution to my quest to digitize my film collection.

(If you have a scanner to sell off, please let me know too.);p

A big thanks to all in advance.

 

[yeocolin]

The Minolta scanners are leaders in their class of scanners. However, time will be a big issue if you are going to scan them yourself. Its about 5min each image and double the time if you throw in ICE, which undoubtedly you'll need since your slides/negatives are old. I strongly suggest that you scan your images commercially. You'll find you rather sacrifice $$ than time in this instance, unless you intend to use the scanner in your future work too.

 

[andrewlee]

The Minolta scanners are leaders in their class of scanners. However, time will be a big issue if you are going to scan them yourself. Its about 5min each image and double the time if you throw in ICE, which undoubtedly you'll need since your slides/negatives are old. I strongly suggest that you scan your images commercially. You'll find you rather sacrifice $$ than time in this instance, unless you intend to use the scanner in your future work too.

Thanks for the advice, bro.

Actually, I am considering commercial scanning, but I reckon that it will set me back a few hundred bucks (will it cost 6-10 per roll?).

Was thinking of buying the scanner so that I can scan the negatives as and when i need them.

Thanks again for sharing your thoughts.

By the way, which model of scanner do you use?

 

[yeocolin]

I'm using Minolta Elite 5400. They have a Elite 5400 II which came out 2-3 years ago which scans faster than 5400, longer lasting bulb (not that the 1st version suffers from bulb blow outs, cos most of the industry uses the same light bulbs until 5400 II came along) but retains the impressive cost-performance ratio which the 5400 is famous for.

 

[andrewlee]

I'm using Minolta Elite 5400. They have a Elite 5400 II which came out 2-3 years ago which scans faster than 5400, longer lasting bulb (not that the 1st version suffers from bulb blow outs, cos most of the industry uses the same light bulbs until 5400 II came along) but retains the impressive cost-performance ratio which the 5400 is famous for.

thanks so much. Will keep looking around for a used one