Digital slide scanner?

[Jeff Crolla/Martha Hancock]

Ron, what you need is a film scanner. Although the best ones are in the
$1000 price range there are a few very good models for about half that. Acer
makes one which is very favourably (and objectively) reviewed here
http://www.photoscientia.co.uk/Review.htm (I recently purchased an Acer
flatbed scanner and am very happy with the quality - high for its price
range). I think Minolta also has a film scanner (Dual Scan II ?) in the same
price range that is also very well reviewed, and maybe Epson. Some flatbed
scanners come with a "transparency adapter" (including the one I got) for
35mm slides and negatives, but they generally produce very poor results.
They're a fun "extra" if all you really need is a flatbed for prints etc.
(like me) but for serious slide/film work you need a real film scanner
(better dynamic range and resolution among other things, which you need to
get good results from slides). There's a lot of very good basic info on
scanners/scanning at  http://www.scantips.com/ and somewhere on the site is
a long page of good links. I would suggest also checking the scanner
newsgroups ( alt.comp.periphs.scanner & comp.periphs.scanners) for opinions
and www.deja.com for past postings on particular models. (I recently went
through all this myself which is why I have this stuff at my fingertips!)

Hope this helps
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Gatrelle" <gatrelle at tils-ttr.org>
To: <Wayne.F.Wehling at aphis.usda.gov>; "Leps-l" <Leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 06:23 PM
Subject: Re: Digital slide scanner?


> Urgent!!! Donation needed of  )-: $1000 (+ postage) to TILS for slide
> scanner.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Wayne.F.Wehling at aphis.usda.gov>
> To: "Ron Gatrelle" <gatrelle at tils-ttr.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 5:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Digital slide scanner?
>
>
> >
> > Ron,
> >
> > Digital slide scanners are available from several sources but they are
> all
> > over $1000
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Wayne
> >
>
>
>
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