Hi Bill, It comes with a disk of software for direct connection to a Windoze machine, but this is of little relevance to me. The unit is stand-alone and creates .jpg images onto the HD card as if it was a camera, which I suppose it is really. I prefer to use it not directly connected to the computer anyway. I'll be putting a sample image on my blog later this morning, about 9am. By the way, the slide and negative holders are the best and most robust that I've come across.
Cheers, Paul. Dr Paul R. Weaver http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Cole" <[email protected]> To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 15 December, 2009 7:28:09 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: Qpix FS170 handheld scanners Hi Paul, the way I read the " Features " below, it appears only to support Windows 2000, XP, Vista 32/64.... I hope I am wrong as a friend and I was discussing this very scanner this afternoon. ( we don't have Vista etc ) • 3600dpi Film Strip & Negative Scanner. • 5 megapixel resolution for 35mm film strip. • Hi speed preview - 0.5 seconds (vs. conventional film scanner which takes 30 seconds). • Stand alone operation. • 2.4' TFT LCD panel for easy viewing of shots. • SD card slot • Supports direct printing. • USB 1.1 interface. • F no 2.0, 4 glass elements, half field angle = 15*. • Fixed focus. • Exposure control: auto/manual. • Automatic colour balance. • High resolution: 2592 x 1680. • Data conversion: 10 bits per colour channel. • Scan method: single pass. • 3 white LED backlight. • TVout NTSC/PAL. • SD card slot.. • Power: DC 5V (adaptor included). • USB mode: mass storage / direct print. • Dimensions: 9.64 x 9.4 x 17cm. • Includes Arcsoft Photo Impression 6 software. • OS support: Windows 2000, XP, Vista 32/64. Bill On 15/12/2009, at 4:21 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: > > Seeing as no one else seems to know about these very compact Qpix FS-170 film > and slide scanners I went back to OfficeWorks Freo this morning and > discovered they gone on sale at $129. I bought one and quickly have found it > to be a terrific 35mm slide copier. Maybe less than half a second to scan a > colour slide. > > There's a strong slide holder which comes with the scanner. It can be lined > up easily on the colour preview screen. There is also a holder for 35mm > negatives. The images are stored on a user-supplied SD card. I simply > borrowed a card from my camera. Later I uploaded the scanned images via the > camera to iPhoto. The test images so far are excellent. The scanner can run > on four user-supplied AAA batteries which they reckon provide about 90 > minutes use. Alternatively they supply a USB cable which can draw power from > a computer or the AC power supply, which is also provided. There is also a > special brush/wiper for cleaning the optics inside the device. > > The scanner is one of the niftiest gadgets I've seen for a long time. A > sophisticated, precision bit of stand-alone gear. I suggest if anyone has > slides to copy then this is going to be the ant's pants. At least I think > so. At $129 I think they'll go out the door pretty quickly once the word gets > around. Be warned, the instruction book takes a little study to figure all > the options out. I'm still working on it. > > Cheers, Paul. :) > > Dr Paul R. Weaver > > > http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
