I went for the Konica Minolta Dimage 5400ii (differs from the 5400 which had incandescent lights as opposed to fluorescent ...also, 5400ii has digital ICE IV which has 4 correction features) ...I chose this because I have over 10000 slides mostly kodachrome 25 or 64 ...the other choise was the nikon scanner which was reported to have trouble with kodachrome emulsion. Lazy me, I have yet to start using it. If I ever get out of my recliner, I'll report results. I got it used. They no longer make it. Try reading up on scanners be4 buying. Once you digitize everything and make many backup copies, you can resell the scanner on ebay often for more than you spent. Keep it nice and clean and keep the box.
-----Original Message----- From: Tony B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 12:23 PM Subject: Re: Photographic slide/negative digitizer? Still, if you have a lot of slides I can see where this might be handy. Personally, I too would want a scanner I could use for other things besides slides. re: dpi - keep in mind that for web or SD TV use you likely only need a maximum of 640X480 anyway. Somebody with a slide will have to do the math on that one. If you're going to send them to HD that's a whole 'nother set of issues. On Jan 4, 2008 11:55 AM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >http://www.hammacher.com/publish/74083.asp?promo=slide > > Looks like junk. I think this is just a 5MP digital camera put in a > box with its focus fixed to a fixed distance. 1800 dpi sounds like a > lot but isn't because 35mm slides are small. Slide scanners usually > operate at 4000, 6000, or 8000 dpi these days. 2000 dpi was a low-end > scanner 10 years ago. A basic scanner that does transparencies would > beat these specs. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
