Yet another of the jobs to do which has never been done, is to transfer my slide collection to a format it can be sent via the computer, rather than the post.
Last night I saw a Nikon Coolscan IV on eBay which was fairly local to me, and I remembered that these were spoken of in favourable terms here. I was about to bid and my wife asked me if it was compatible with our computer (something I wouldn't have even thought about). Looking at the specification, it appeared not and the Coolscan V doesn't mention Vista, although it does say XP - so I presume it would run it. Of course, the Coolscan V is a very different price to buy. I've got upwards of 3000 slides to transfer and I still take slide film, so a decent scanner is important. A couple of questions. If I had bought the Coolscan IV, would I have been able to use it with Vista, as there is such a price difference for the older model? In 2009, is there a better alternative at a reasonable price? Thanks. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
