>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. On Google I see Plustek has a 7200 dpi slide scanner for $200, with a nice review from shutterbug.com, but a poor review from PCMag. The PC Mag review looks like the problem may have been its writer, ************************************************************************ * ==> 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 ************************************************************************
