Which 35mm Scanner

[ioptics]

Hi All,

I need some advice on which 35mm scanner to buy. The plan is to buy one on **** a popular auction site, and then sell it on once all the slides have been scanned.

At the moment I am looking at:

Minolta DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 Scanner
Nikon Coolscan V ED (LS 50)
and the older: Nikon Super Coolscan 4000ED

Does anyone have any experience with these scanners? any recommendations, comments, etc?

We really want to be able to print the scanned photos at large sizes, so the scans have to be high quality.

Thanks,
ioptics

 

[ioptics]

Thank you for the replies!

Does anyone have any experience with the Minolta DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 Scanner?

The 5400 dpi is really appealing (even if it is more than I need) and the reviews I have read really do praise it. But it is 2 years old.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
ioptics