Minolta Scan Elite 2 (Timings)
First created on 1st Aug 2003.
I only do the tests that are relevant to me. I leave it to the individual
to draw his/her own conclusion.
Timing Test Suite 1
Film is Fuji Superia 400 (Color negative).
| CPU |
Memory |
HD |
Connection |
| Pentium Xeon; 2.8 GHz (with Hyper-Threading) |
512 MB |
34 GB SCSI |
Firewire (IEEE 1394) |
| OS |
Windows XP SP1 |
| Software |
DiMage Scan 1.10 |
| Running tasks |
JS Pager, one Explorer window, Task Manager |
| Settings |
Timings (seconds) |
| PPI |
Depth |
ICE |
AF at scan |
Neg Auto Exp |
Multi-scan |
Delaya |
Adj Focusb |
Delay |
Pre-scanc |
Delay |
Scan |
Saved |
| 2820 |
16-bit |
no |
yes |
yes |
no |
13 |
34 |
33 |
12 |
10 |
51 |
1 |
| 2820 |
16-linear |
no |
yes |
yes |
no |
12 |
39 |
5 |
12 |
9 |
51 |
1 |
| 1410 |
16-bit |
no |
yes |
yes |
no |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
7 |
51 |
1 |
| 1410 |
16-linear |
no |
yes |
yes |
no |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
6 |
50 |
1 |
| 2820 |
16-bit |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
12 |
39 |
33 |
25 |
9 |
1:41 |
2 |
| 2820 |
16-linear |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
8 |
1:40 |
2 |
| 1410 |
16-bit |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
7 |
1:41 |
1 |
| 1410 |
16-linear |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
7 |
1:40 |
1 |
|
Notes (common to all test suites)
Timing is inaccurate up to 2 secs, as it is by ear. Some timings are not
available because the steps are skipped. (I didn't remove the film holder
between scans; the s/w reuses existing settings whenever possible.)
Important note: Dimage 1.10 does a
re-focusing when some settings are changed, even though the film holder is not
removed. This does not happen on the Scan Elite 5400.
a
Timing starts once I click on the "Save" button.
b
Total time. You can hear coarse stepping followed by a fine stepping.
c
I guess this is the exposure scan.
d
Timing stops as soon as the message box disappears.
1
With pauses while scanning.
Timing Test Suite 2
Film is Fuji Velvia 50 (Color positive).
| Settings |
Timings (seconds) |
| PPI |
Depth |
ICE |
AF at scan |
Slide Auto Exp |
Multi-scan |
Delaya |
Adj Focusb |
Delay |
Pre-scanc |
Delay |
Scan |
Saved |
| 2820 |
16-bit |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
13 |
18 |
-- |
-- |
3 |
33 |
1 |
| 2820 |
16-linear |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
12 |
18 |
-- |
-- |
5 |
33 |
1 |
| 1410 |
16-bit |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
3 |
33 |
1 |
| 1410 |
16-linear |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
4 |
33 |
1 |
| 2820 |
16-bit |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
5 |
1:06 |
1 |
| 2820 |
16-linear |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
11 |
18 |
-- |
-- |
6 |
1:06 |
1 |
| 1410 |
16-bit |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
4 |
1:06 |
1 |
| 1410 |
16-linear |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
4 |
1:06 |
1 |
|
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