LaserSoft Imaging

[TheAudioDoc]

As I am receiving LaserSoft's RSS feeds, I continue to read about cool new tools and improvements to SilverFast! Unfortunately non seem to apply to our Minolta Scanners! Like iSRD and HDR 64 bit -- even new negafix profiles like Ektar 100 -- mostly what I shoot nowadays! There are thousands of us out here, abandoned by Minolta and Sony with no where to turn, but to SilverFast for Support. At the moment there is no way to use our scanners in Windows 7, other than dual booting. Most everyone I know in the Minolta/Sony Alpha mount community are using 5400 scanners or 5400 IIs Even David Brooks seems to have abandoned us and is pushing the Plustek scanners. When can we expect new negafix profiles like Ektar 100? And how about iSRD and HDR 64 bit? What about this new auto sharpening feature?

Thanks,

Kelly

[LSI_Rossee]

Dear Kelly,

we certainly don't intend to leave anybody feeling abandoned. We plan to include a new Ektar 100 Negafix profile with these scanners and also the new auto-sharpening feature anytime soon but I wouldn't hold my hopes too high on the Win7even support with the Minoltas. I'm really sorry but Minolta abandoned photography I think even before Vista came out. Sony took over and has shown no real signs of planning to provide updated drivers for these scanners - yes we have asked them if they would be willing to provide documentation so that we could make our own updated drivers, but no answer yet.
We will send out a note via our RSS-newsfeed once the new NEgafix profiles are available for the Minoltas - for some Epsons they are already.

Best,

JAN

[TheAudioDoc]

Hi Jan,

Thank you very much for your reply to my inquiry! The technical documentation that you referred to would also allow access to the IR channel and implementation of HDRi 64 bit?

Perhaps a petition to Sony from Minolta scanner users would be order? We have done this successfully recently in regards to the SSM/ADI upgrade parts for the Minolta 9 camera via the Minolta.de and Dyxum.com forums, but they had a more direct sales interest in that case.

Thanks again,

Kelly

[LSI_Rossee]

Dear Kelly,

yes, perhaps that would help. With the appropriate technical documentation we would be able to realize access to IR channel as well as implemtation of HDRi 64bit.

Best,

JAN

[ionian]

I'm just popping in to show my support for the profiles for the Minolta 5400! I'm still a full-time film shooter and I still beat my 5400 into the ground and it works great. I'm eagerly awaiting the new profiles as well - Ektar 100 as well as Fuji Neopan 1600! Just wanted to let you know there are more of us!