Sandy:
Unless you have Mac that is a lot faster than my G5, you will not have
to worry about only being able of scan four 35mm slides at a time.
Putting the device on and taking it off the scanner is not what takes
up the time; after everythinig is all set up, and ready to go, it
takes a considerable amount of time to scan four slides. You can not
just scan a color or even a black and white negative quickly. I can
not recall the exact time, but maybe eight minutes (plus) for four
color slides with my dual 2 GHz and 3.5 GB Ram.
Neal
On Nov 428, 1120092007, at 9:44 AM, Sandra Schreiber wrote:
thanks for your help....I am going to wait, I think, until after
Christmas. I have zillions of slides, and don't want to start on
such a mammoth job until I have time to at least get into it. I
read all the Amazon comments on the Canon 8800F, and it sounds
pretty good, except for the fact that it only holds 4 slides at a
time. I need to find someone to talk to about this...I am afraid
I will need some hands on instructions! Maybe my brother be able
to help me. Sandy
On Nov 28, 2009, at 8:24 AM, Neal Hammon wrote:
Sandy:
I purchased a Cannon scanner 8800F about a year ago, and like Dan,
have been converting all sorts of slides and old photo negatives to
digital. What you need to do is decide what size negatives and
photos you would like to scan, and make certain that the scanner you
buy can handle that size. Most include plates for 35mm slides and
negatives, some include 2 x 2 plates for negatives for old Rolliflex
film and other odd sizes.
Incidentally, as a bonus, my Cannon package included a basic OCR
program that works well enough for causal usage.
Neal
On Nov 427, 1120092007, at 10:08 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote:
The only way I know to "digitally convert" slides or photos is to
scan them. Assuming that's what you mean, the answer is certainly
no. Many (most?) scanners work fine with both Mac OS and Windows
and provide software for both. At my place of work, for example, we
use an Epson Perfection 4990 scanner connected to a Macintosh G5.
It scans (converts to digital images) photos, slides, negatives,
text ... just about anything you can throw at it. The scanning
software that we use imports the image into Photoshop, from which
it can be altered to one's liking, saved, etc.
Dan
The only digital converters for slides or photos that I can find
are for Windows. Is this true?
Sandy
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Schreiber Silver
Schreiber Appraisal Associates
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