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35mm slide scanner.

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Jimmyjammer

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Anyone ever buy/use a slide scanner?

I've got to buy one for my job and can't seem to find anything that isn't hugely expensive.
We've already got a Tamarack Technologies one here, but they went out of business and the scanner's a turd anyway.
I need something that scans well but only for web graphics, thus DPI isn't so important, and price has to be right too.

Anyone got any advice?
 
The $93.95 SCANMAKER V6UPL includes a simple slide scanner. Might be worth a try since it's so cheap. For Web graphics it just might be good enough.

USB or IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) interface and handles legal size documents. Pretty good bang for the buck, so even if the slide scanning doesn't cut it, someone would probably take it off your hands for that price.
 
I dont think you will get good enough results going the flatbed/attachment route. Give me a minute and I'll try and dig up something.
 
The cheapest you will find that is a pure slide scanner is from HP and it costs around 500 bucks.
The next higher you can get to is the Nikon coolScan stuff and those are in teh 1000 dollar range.

The triangle slide adaptors that come with flatbeds arent the best, but do get the job done. What you need to do is make sure its positioned right so the light reflects internally and the camera catches it. However if you want some really good scans the best option is a dedicated slide scanner.

The HP one is the cheapest you can get.
 


<< I dont think you will get good enough results going the flatbed/attachment route. Give me a minute and I'll try and dig up something. >>



Cheers.

Just so you know, the problem with the current crappy scanner isn't the DPI (it can go quite high) but rather it scans some slides with a high degree of fuzziness for no apparent reason.

All online reviews for it have been less then impressive too.
 
The cheapest you will find that is a pure slide scanner is from HP and it costs around 500 bucks.


Nope, check my links. Even that 2700 dpi canon (nice) is only $300.
 
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