A flatbed scanner, regardless of what it's called, whether it has "photo" in its name or not, whether or not it has an adapter for film, is not going to equal a good dedicated film scanner in quality. Only you can determine if any flatbed scanner is "good enough" for your needs.
If you want others to tell you if such a scanner will be acceptable, which may be difficult to do, you at least have to tell us what you plan to do with the scanned result. Large prints? No way. Small web images? Quite likely acceptable. Anything in between, maybe <shrug> depending on ~your~ standards and just exactly what the final use will be. Shel "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax" > [Original Message] > From: Toralf Lund > So you all say they aren't nearly as good? Well let me ask a different, > related question, that might help me decide if they are good enough: > > Are the "photo" scanners of the type I'm talking about there, much > better at scanning films than "generic" scanners with a film adapter? I > mean, does the word "photo" in the product designation actually mean > anything? I've tried scanning negs on a HP 55-something (which has a > film adapter, but seems to be designed mainly as a document scanner) > that we have at work, and the results didn't impress me much... > > - Toralf >
