What is the sort of cost involved in these beasties, are they scsi or do they come is USB falvour as well. Which would be better under unix
On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 09:08:41PM +1100, Peter Chubb wrote: > >>>>> "Terry" == Terry Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Terry> Alan L Tyree wrote: > >> Has anyone had any actual experience with scanning 35mm slides > >> using Linux and any scanner? How well do they come out, etc, etc. > > Terry> Yes. I used a a HP3C scanner with the transparency top from a > Terry> HP 6100C/T. I purchased it very cheaply to try and it worked. > > We regularly use a Nikon Coolscan here -- very acceptable results, > although it's a bit pricey. You get the equivalent of a 7Megapixel > digital camera. The infrared dust removal doesn't work as well under > Linux as it does under that other OS, and the autofeeder for unmounted > slides/negatives doesn't work at all under linux (no driver). But if > you can live with that, the raw optical quality is very good. > > -- > Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au > The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever* > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
