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Thanks for your speedy response Mendel.

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I did mean the left end of the historigram when I am looking at it in Photoshop. I would open up levels and use that histagram to begin with correcting the image.

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I will try your suggesting about the crop/buffer. And ticking off the red blue and green.

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I usually use the film profiles in vuescan for the reala and the tmax.

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I am overall very pleased with my new minolta scan dual IV and I am

using VueScan (which I like much better than minolta�s software) but

I am having a slight shadow clipping problem. I�ve noticed it when

I�ve scanned color, b&w and slides (Reala, TMAX and Sensia.)

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I have VueScan set to �ARCHIVE� for the sizing, and the standard

white and black points (0 for white and 1 for black � I think)

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When I open an image in PS and go into levels, looking at the red,

blue and green channels the histagram is always flat before it

begins� moving the slider anywere between 5-15 brings it to the real

start.

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Is anyone else having this problem? And can anyone offer a

suggestion that would fix this� I tend to fiddle some with every

image I scan but this has become a bit of a tiresome addition to my

usual routine.

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Thanks!

Hi, I just recently made these choices myself. I just got the new minolta scan dual iV which i really like (it replased the canoscan 2710) if you will be scanning old materials- or even think you might - you should probably invest in a scanner with ice. I find with new negatives my lab does a decent job of keeping them clean and i only spend about a minute in dust clean up. I also just bought a canon elan 7 on sale for 264 us at adorama (the 7n is releasing soon so im sure you can pick one up for even less shortly) For my general usage, this was the economical way to go. Do i want a dslr - YUP! But im not ready to go 100% digital at this time. Mainly because im too afraid of spending upwards of $1000 on something that is so delicate and/or built for a 2 year obsolence.

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As others have said, this is very much a consumer lens. Personally, if you are looking at this lens vs other consumer lens (ie cheaper) i would go for the IS if you can afford it. I think the IS is huge advantage especially when shooting at the 200 or 300. I can handhold at that focal length at a shutter speed of 30 b/c of the IS. Are my shots the shaprest in hte book, no. But for me and my budget and for my purposes its fine.

Hi Henry, i had the same problem although i am on windows 98. the problem was solved by installing the drivers. Hopefully you are already one step ahead of me and have the original windows 98ME disc... go thru device manager and try to add the driver. you should be prompted for the disc (which contains the magic file) then restart and you're good to go. Good luck.

Tim, in a move of both grace and brilliance managed to drop my brand new minolta sd iv while walking 2 feet to the computer to hook it up the first time. I have hard wood floors. It wasn't pretty. As it turns out, i sent it off to Minolta with a good letter and they took care of it within 2 weeks (they said it would take 4) so i have nothing but the highest praises for the service/warrenty dept. Good luck.

I was scanning color negatives... and it seems to me when i bring into photoshop on some images thre was a lot of clipping in the red and green channels based on what i saw in the levels historgram. And im hoping Ed gets it up soon, i've been checking daily.

I've just started using this along with the Minolta software (b/c

VueScan doesn't support the new scanner at this time) and it seems to

me that my images might be auto leveled and sharpened although to the

best of my knowledge i have not set it to do so. Any ideas as to

what might me going on. <br><br> I should mention, my old scanner

was the canoscan 2710 so i am now scaninng at 3200 dpi - could that

account for the sharper feel?

I just got mine hooked up last night and so far im pretty happy with it although i miss vuescan. hopefully it will be compatable soon. I also want to add that the folks at Minolta Warrenty customer service were terriffic. I actually dropped it upon receipt and they fixed it up and sent it back to my great relief.

if you are walking around with a backpack get one with a waist belt and tuck the lens into the belt secure against your hip, that and the strap around your neck/shoulders should keep it secure. I found that to be a very comfortable hiking positioning...

I picked one up, got it home, went to hook it to my computer and DROPPED IT ON THE HARDWOOD FLOOR (after crying) i wrote a letter to Minolta and sent it off -- can everyone cross their fingers for me! I'm upgrading from canoscan 2710 and i can't wait.

I dunno a couple hundered is much easier spent than a thousand for me. i am seriously thinking of jumping from my rebel g to the elan 7 in the next few months.... i was going to do it this month but i suddenly decided today is the day to upgrade my scanner to the new minolta scan dual iv (from the canoscan 2710) and then pick up the Elan in a month or so... all told the new scanner plus new camera is roughly $600 which is $400 less than i would spend going digital today... i figure in a year or two the digital i want will be more evolved and cost less money. In the meantime my hybrid workflow will be faster, thus more pleasant with the new scanner.

I have to contribute to the list of had camera but unable to get the photo. <br><br>This past fall was hiking just above ampitheatre lake in the teton's... it was a beautiful day and we heading back down and i was on a bit of a curve from where my boyfriend was but noticed he had stopped stock still. So i brought the camera from tucked into my waist belt to my hands, lens cap off as I slowly approached him. <br><br> What i saw was a huge black bear crossing our path not 10 feet awayfrom us. <br><br>His perspective saw the bear moving right at him. <br><br> In the 2 seconds it took for me to approach he turned to look at me saw my camera ready and calmly said PUT THAT AWAY BACK UP and thus began our very loud very scared back off to put space between us and the bear. <BR><BR>At the end of the day, he was probably right about pointing the camera at the bear as it could have been seen as hostile and turned a Wow encounter into something horrible but we both wish we had a picture (even the bear's butt sticking out of a bush which is probably what i would have shot before backing up) to illustrate the story. <br><br>Funny thing is, if we had seen the bear from a "safe distance" i would never ever have approached to get a shot but all i could think was wow i don't even need a longer lens. Then i got scared, very scared.

Jean, Your comments made me happy. Im upgrading from a Rebel to the 7 at the end of January. I can't wait, but in between other expenses i must.... Glad to know i'm not the only one jumping in for a new film camera this (extended) holiday season.

Eric,

 

I love that shot of the Edge. I'm a huge U2 fan, nearly went to that Vancouver show -- as it was i was going from ny to Seattle...

Thanks Ross, i've got to figure technique out, i've got plenty of misses to work with

Ross, could you possibly post a quick workflow for that image? Thanks i'd appreciate it (and im sure someone else would too.)

Nathan gave you a great answer -- but i want to add my two cents about Franconian Notch - What a great hike! Not sure if you're thinking of truly hiking with camera or just pulling off the road types but I was there for camping/hiking/foilage 2 years ago and we loved the Falling Water's Trail (we also hiked across the range and down the the Old Bridal Path Trail) it's a strenuos hike with lots of streams and waterfalls. If you go up to the peak you'll get some great artic grasses - its a remarkable landscape.

If you want the camera handy while you're moving i would definitely sling it over neck and shoulder. I just did a 8 hour day hike with a day bag on my back and the camera slung over my front (neck&shoulder) with the lens tucked into the hip belt so that it was secure against my body and i had both hands free at all times. <br><br>On the way home it occured to me, in case you're flying to where you're treckking that my bulky camera bag stuffed into my daypack carry on was silly -- next time im using the camelback pouch insert, which is padded (insulated) for my equipment, slide the lenses in cases it would fit much better.

I've use both of those films (and like them) Im in nyc and i use ALKIT for processing it's very conviently located for me and have been very happy with results. I request Fuji Crystal Archive. They have 3 locations 18th and Park Ave So, 50th and 3rd, and 53rd and 7th.

Sorry it took me so long to get back here... Looking at 4x6 prints i was really happy with the Pro Kenko 1.4x and the 75-300 IS. I was just goofing around in the yard: flowers, bird in the birdbath type shots. I got it for an upcoming trip to the Grand Tetons/Yellowstone - hoping to see large aniamls at a safe distance. At 4x6 i didn't see any noticible problems in center of my image and my backgrounds were all sorta soft anyway so it was hard for me to tell.