Harry
John Pendley and I have been looking at a website which has reviews
on scanners: http://www.imaging-resource.com
I started out looking at the Canoscan FS4000US (a pretty cheap 35mm
4000dpi scanner with APS feeder), but then I started looking at the
2900dpi ones, in particular the Minolta Scan Elite and the Nikon
Coolscan IV. I think that I shall plump for the Minolta for its SCSI
connection and multi-scanning capability. The Coolscan IV uses USB
alone and I cannot afford the Firewire versions (LS4000 or LS8000).
The Canoscan uses USB or SCSI, but its scans are much slower than the
Nikon's or that of the Minolta. In fact the Minolta seems the
fastest scanner with "ICE" available, at the low end at least. And
the Mac scanning seems to be quicker than scanning with Windows
(Minolta numbers :>) ).
But the choice is difficult, whatever you want ...
Chris
At 06:00 -0600 5/11/01, Tom Scales wrote:
Careful, this can cause religious wars too.
Olympus does not make a scanner worth considering. The big question I have
to ask is "how much do you want to spend"? The two best scanners are the
Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 (available for $500 in the US with rebates) and the
Nikon LS-4000 (around $1500). Both are 4000dpi. The Polaroid is cheap for
two reasons: it is on closeout as the 4000+ is about to be introduced and
because Polaroid is in bankruptcy, so you risk not having long-term support.
That said, the SS4000 is a heck of a bargain. I bought mine new a couple
years ago for $1500 and still think it was worth it. I've been using an
SS4000+ as a beta tester and the improvements, while there, don't justify
the price difference. I also own the Nikon and it is also an excellent
scanner, but doesn't not have as good of a depth of field, so focusing is
more difficult. The Nikon, though, has optional Slide or Neg feeders that
let you feed an entire roll at once. Very nice feature.
Price-wise, the 2700-2900 dpi scanners are a lot less. I don't know much
about them though, so someone else will have to jump in.
There is an excellent filmscanners list at http://www.halftone.co.uk
Tom
Hi there,
I intend to get a scanner for digital recording of my pics?
Does Olympus produce scanners?? Or can anyone recommend a scanner for
slides which can match the zuiko-quality?
thanks in advance and
greetings
harry Wiechel
hamburg, Germany
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