You might want to check out the Epson Perfection Series. I personally use the now discontinued 4870 Photo model which has a nice built in transparency adapter and film holders ranging from mounted 35mm slides (8 at a time), 35mm negative strips (4 at a time), 120 neg strips, and 4x5 (2 at a time). The software is fully osx compatible and VueScan will work with it if interested. (Vuescan IS capable of better scans, but the learning curve was very hard for me and I stick with the Epson drivers).
The Epson site also routinely has good deals on closeouts and refurbs. Tip: The perfection models lacking 'photo' don't sport the transparency adapter (generally) and the Photo Pro models sport a more robust software set. (your mileage may vary on this tip) On the upside, the 4870 Perfections and others have ICE technology which in these cases work with prints as well as negatives. ICE is a blend of hardware and software which adds a 'surface height' scan to find dust and scratches on your film and prints and 'filter' them out of the final scan through techniques similar to 'cloning' in photoshop. I've oversimplified the description here - but up to a point it does work. It does have tradeoffs, but it's better to have it than not to. Not All Scanners Have ICE! Richard On Jan 26, 2:02 pm, PaperSmyth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Guys. > > Can anyone recommend a currently available "artist quality" scanner > that will work with my G4 MDD running OS X 10.3 (and probably will > upgrade to 10.4)? I did check the archives, but the related topics are > a little dated. > > Thanks. > > Nico "PaperSmyth" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
