dimage 5400 and faded slides

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I went through the manuals for my refurbished Dimage 5400... then I
went through roof.

Seems I should have gotten the 5400II instead. The 5400 has no digital
ROC. Dangit, that's what I bought it for. I have 1000+
family color slides, and some are faded (especially the ones going back
to the 50's).

I heard so much good stuff about the 5400, I assumed rectifying color
was a feature. (duhhhh?)

So, should I return the 5400 and replace it with a 5400II ? ...

.... or does the 5400 have features that can, with a little more work,
do essentially the same thing as digital ROC? (This "Pixel Polish"
stuff?)

Help!

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"mitcheroo" <mmitcheroo@aol.com> writes:

> I went through the manuals for my refurbished Dimage 5400... then I
> went through roof.
>
> Seems I should have gotten the 5400II instead. The 5400 has no digital
> ROC. Dangit, that's what I bought it for. I have 1000+
> family color slides, and some are faded (especially the ones going back
> to the 50's).

I have ROC as a Photoshop plugin. I believe it's still available. I
believe it works as well as the scanner-integral version (it's not
dependent on special scanner hardware the way ICE is). So that might
be an option for you. I do find it very useful. Not 100%, but for
the slides it works well on, it does better than I can do by other
methods.
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"mitcheroo" <mmitcheroo@aol.com> writes:

> Wow, thanks for the info. Might not have to send it back after all.

Glad I could help.

> Now, this Silverfast, and Vuescan and Photoshop... do they work
> actively with the 5400 scanner? Or do they work best on the images
> after the 5400 has done its work with the ICE and everything else?

Silverfast and Vuescan are alternative scanner drivers, essentially;
replacing (or supplementing) Nikon Scan. The Minolta Scan Elite 5400
is on the Vuescan compatibility list.

> David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
>> "mitcheroo" <mmitcheroo@aol.com> writes:
>>
>> > I went through the manuals for my refurbished Dimage 5400... then I
>> > went through roof.
>> >
>> > Seems I should have gotten the 5400II instead. The 5400 has no
> digital
>> > ROC. Dangit, that's what I bought it for. I have 1000+
>> > family color slides, and some are faded (especially the ones going
> back
>> > to the 50's).
>>
>> I have ROC as a Photoshop plugin. I believe it's still available. I
>> believe it works as well as the scanner-integral version (it's not
>> dependent on special scanner hardware the way ICE is). So that might
>> be an option for you. I do find it very useful. Not 100%, but for
>> the slides it works well on, it does better than I can do by other
>> methods.
>> --
>> David Dyer-Bennet, <mailtod-b@dd-b.net>,
> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/>
>> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/>
>> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/>
> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/>
>> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
>

--
David Dyer-Bennet, <mailtod-b@dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/>
RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/>
Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/>
Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>