I have a Minolta Elite 5400ii and it works good. One problem is that all Minoltas have been discontinued so I would stay clear if you are worried about returns. When I did my recearch it was between the Nikon Coolscan V ed and the Minolta. Here is were I went to ask these question for it is a scanning forum and they helped me out.
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