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Keren
Jul 25, 2003
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I’m finally building my multimedia studio. I upgraded my PC, got a tablet, bought a new printer (HP5600), and now I’m ready for a scanner. I’m thinking something under $200 would do it. Can anyone offer advice? I’m planning to be scanning very old photos, new photos and slides, printed media, and maybe some found objects (?). Do those slide gizmos work? What specs do I want? Thanks for your help.

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Roberto
Jul 25, 2003
Trust me don’t buy cheap. Cheap is cheap because it is cheap. For serious work and decent film and slide scans spend at least $500 on a scanner. The Epson flatbeds are nice with good quality hardware, good software and they do a pretty decent job on slides and film. If you just want one scanner for everything then that is a good way to go.

If you plan to do a lot of film and slides then a dedicated scanner would be better for that and then get a good flatbed.

Remember you get what you pay for. With most scanners more money gets you better quality hardware, better software and better scan results and easier setup. I have seen some of the cheap scanners that even with USB were a nightmare to setup and use.

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"Keren" wrote in message
I’m finally building my multimedia studio. I upgraded my PC, got a tablet, bought a new printer (HP5600), and now I’m ready for a scanner. I’m
thinking
something under $200 would do it. Can anyone offer advice? I’m planning
to
be scanning very old photos, new photos and slides, printed media, and
maybe
some found objects (?). Do those slide gizmos work? What specs do I want? Thanks for your help.

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Hecate
Jul 26, 2003
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 16:27:42 -0700, "Keren"
wrote:

I’m finally building my multimedia studio. I upgraded my PC, got a tablet, bought a new printer (HP5600), and now I’m ready for a scanner. I’m thinking something under $200 would do it. Can anyone offer advice? I’m planning to be scanning very old photos, new photos and slides, printed media, and maybe some found objects (?). Do those slide gizmos work? What specs do I want? Thanks for your help.
Plan on buying more than one scanner if you don’t have the negatives for the prints. For slides you really need a neg/slide scanner. For prints you need a flatbed. If you’re willing to compromise you could try a flatbed with neg/transparency adapter, but it really depends on what sort of quality you want. They’re fine for family and friends pictures. The other thing to remember is that, with scanners, you really do get what you pay for. Even the cheapest neg/slide scanner will give you miles better results than a flatbed of any kind with a transparency/neg adapter.



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