Cory,
A decent slide scanner cost $400+ and 15 minutes per slide for you to scan. A Kodak
CD costs $5 + $1.35 per slide and the travel time for two trips to the photo store.
For anything less than several hunderd slides, the CD makes the most sense to me.
On a side note, the local outlet here offered a deal on scanning and 8x12 prints from
slides - 8 slides for $49 US. The scans came back as 250K jpegs with 1000x1500 pixel
sizes. This is much smaller than the 2400x3600 pixel scans you get on a CD. The
results were quite nice printed on their 'new' Norataki (spelling) machine. They were
certainly much better than the type R prints of old and something I'll consider doing
again.
Regards, Bob S.
Regards, Bob S.
Cory asked:
> Anyone know where I might rent a film scanner
> (in the US)? I need something that can scan
> slides for a project I've got in mind but I
> don't want to spend a ton of money buying
> something I may not use much after the
> project is over..... If it matters, I'm in
> the Atlanta area. Most of the slides were
> taken with Pentax gear (list content)
> Is this a stupid idea?
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