Click Here For Package Contents:A Digital Advantage for Film Camera Enthusiasts - The popularity of digital imaging has grown exponentially over the last few years.
Today's digital cameras enable users to view and manipulate their images on computers and share images around the world via e-mail and internet websites.
But what about users of 35mm or Advanced Photo System (with optional Advanced Photo System Adapter) film cameras - how can they view, manipulate, and share their images on computers? The answer is a film scanner.
And the easy and affordable answer is Minolta's Dimage Scan Dual III.
The Dimage Scan Dual III is designed specifically for film camera enthusiasts who have never owned (or even operated) a film scanner as well as current film scanner users.
The Dimage Scan Dual III produces high-quality scans of slides or negatives that rival or surpass more expensive scanners, yet is very easy to set up and operate even for a first-time user.
The Dimage Scan Dual III provides high image quality, high scanning speed (including negative scans), and dust-removal performance surpassing today's flatbed scanners and low-end film scanners.
It is also equipped with a color reconstruction feature that will quickly appeal to film camera buffs.Easy OperationThose new to scanning or image processing will find the Dimage Scan Dual III incredibly easy to use.
The scanner's hot-plug interface makes connecting it to a computer as easy as plugging in the USB cable.
The main switch is conveniently located on the front panel.
Auto loading allows hand-free operation once the film holder is inserted into the scanner.
The Easy Scan Utility simplifies the entire scanning procedure.
The point-AF function allows the scanner to be focused by simply clicking on an area of the image.
The Pixel-Polish tab allows automated or custom corrections to be made to an image, and specific image-processing settings can be saved as a Job and reapplied to any image.
Wide Dynamic RangeDynamic Range indicates the ability of the scanner to record the density range of the film.
With a wide dynamic range of 4.8, the Dimage Scan Dual III can reproduce all the fine tones in slide film from the rich shadows to the brilliant highlights.
Multi-sample scanning further improves the scan data by reducing random noise.Faithful Image ReproductionWith 16-bit A/D conversion and a 4.8 dynamic range, the Dimage Scan Dual III will reproduce the rich variations in tone and color of the original film image.
16-bit A/D conversion is able to distinguish 65,536 tonal gradations for each color channel.
This scanner's ability to capture the depth and subtlety of the original film image is breathtaking.
Accurate Color ReproductionAccurate color reproduction between the computer and its monitor or printer is essential for high-quality image processing.
The Dimage Scan Dual III's color matching function can specify the color space of the scanned image as well as employ the monitor's ICC profile.
State-of-the-Art, Negative-to-Positive ConversionThe real test for a film scanner is how well it can produce an image from color negative film.
Because of the film's inherent latitude and the differences between the densities and contrast of the cyan, magenta, and yellow layers, scanning can be a challenge.
The Dimage Scan Dual III uses state-of-the-art, negative-to-positive conversion technology to ensure effortless reproduction of these types of films.Pixel Polish for Automatic Image CorrectionPixel Polish makes automatic or custom image corrections by a simple click.
Selectable custom correction includes restoring faded color, color cast adjustment, backlit, under/over exposure correction, and scene specific corrections.Automatic Dust RemovalThe Auto Dust Brush function uses software processing to quickly and automatically clean your image.
This will save time and the trouble of doing this tedious task with an image editing software.High-speed USB 2.0 and Easy Batch ProcessingBatch processing large numbers of images is simplified and streamlined.
The Custom Wizard automates the scanning process for multiple images; images can be selected and image processing and color matching can be applied.
Custom Wizard settings can be saved and reused again and again.
And the scanner's USB 2.0 interface makes transferring the large volume of image data a breeze.
The Scan Dual III is backwards compatible with USB 1.1.Wide Range of Image-Processing ControlsA wide range of image-processing controls gives everyone, regardless of ability or experience, the tools to enhance or manipulate images.
The variation palette makes adjusting color, brightness, contrast, and saturation easy by simply choosing the best image from a group of slightly corrected samples.
These qualities can also be adjusted using palettes with sliders and input boxes.
For advanced image processing, color and contrast can be adjusted using tone curves and histograms or calibrated by defining the white, gray, and black points within the image.
And for creative effects, the hue, saturation, and lightness palette permits the colors in an image to be rotated and shifted within the color space.
