[filmscanners] Minolta vs Nikon MF Question

["" <Toliwel@aol.com>]

I'm about to buy a new MF scanner.  The choices are the Minolta Multi Pro and
the Nikon 8000.  I have been using an LS 2000 and like several features that
the Minolta doesn't have, but have always had trouble combating a blue cast
that is hard to impossible to compensate for. I believe this is due to the
LED light source.  Vuescan does a fairly good job correcting this, even with
my old Kodachromes, but is more difficult to use than NS2.5.  Kodachromes are
very dense and require a lot of work to correct.  What I really like about
the Nikon is the analog gain control, which enables me to capture almost
invisable detail in dark areas and extreme highlights in separate scans when
necessary, and then blend them in PS.  I'm not sure I could live without this
feature, though I realize it really is a workaround for the LS 2000's limited
dynamic range.

My questions for those that have used these scanners are:

1.  Does the Nikon 8000 still have the blue cast of the 2000 or have they
licked this problem? How do old Kodachromes work out?

2.  Without the analog gain control on the Minolta, I can't fiddle with the
exposure. With it's greater dynamic range, do users find that they can
extract all the useable shadow detail, and not blow out any highlight detail
in a single scan with a transparency?

Any advise would be most welcome.

Tom Wells
toliwel@aol.com
towells@aol.com

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