Film Scanners... Minolta Scan Dual IV?

[CiNoRi]

I know we all love digital photography but I was kinda hoping to find someone out there who remembers the old days

Last week a purchased a film scanner in order to hang on to all my shots from the pre-digital days!
I was very excited. I have been wanting to do this for years!

Well I get the Minolta Scan Dual IV (it came highly recommended)
I ran my first black and white film strip into it and it came out pixilated and very high contrast.

Then I tried a color negative.... And that was even worse!
Everything was green and VERY pixilated!

Has anyone had experiences like this with scanners? Or by chance know anything about this one in particular?

I know using a film scanner you have to teak the images a bit, but is this normal to have it that out of whack? I have been fighting with this for the last few days and no mater what I do it doesn't get better. ;-(

I have a feeling this one is DOA.
Any suggestions?

Thanks guys!!!

 

[markc]

There are various settings that can affect the scan, so learning what each does is important.

I don't have experience with that model. What software are you using for it? I used VueScan back when I was scanning negatives with my Acer Scanwit 2720s. It was so much better than the software that came with it.

 

[CiNoRi]

Yeah I have tried both 3rd party and the software that came with the unit :-(