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More info?)
I use a Minolta Dimage dual IV on winXP SP2 with no probs at all, as to
cost, I think they are now aroung £250gb
griff
"Roger" <Delete-Invallid.stuff.groups@tm.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:15:12 -0600, "Skip Allison"
> <cfad07@email.mot.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm looking for a scanner to scan a bunch of my old 35MM slides of
>>vacations. I'll most likely be viewing the slide shows on my 20" monitor.
>>
>>What resolution should I look for? Will the scanners in the $100 range be
>>adequate?
>>
>>Does anyone know of any web sites with sample scans from different
>>scanners?
>>
>>The 3 I have been looking at are:
>>Canon 4200F
>>Epson 2480
>>Visioneer 9220
>>
>>Any comments / opinions?
>>
> It depends on what you mean by a bunch.
> If a bunch means 5,000 or 10,000 you are going to get very tired of
> scanning slides using an inexpensive scanner. OTOH there are some
> nice ones for a couple hundred or less that you just stick the slide
> in and let it scan. They are relatively easy to use. I don't know
> anything about the quality of the scans.
>
> True, you don't need high resolution for screed display only and that
> is probably good enough for snap shot size prints.
>
> Basically look at your screen resolution. I'm using 1280 X 1024
> resolution. The 35 mm slide is about 1.5 inches long. 1280/1.5 = 853
> dpi. scanning resolution to get a full screen width image. Of course
> that means It looks like the letter box display on the TV as the image
> is only 853 pixels high while the screen is 1024.
>
> In Real Life you probably aren't going to see scans at 1280, 1024, or
> 853 dpi, but you will see 600, 800, 1000, 1200.
>
> So you could scan at 1024 dpi to get full screen height, but then the
> length would be wider than the screen.
>
> Were it me, and it's not, I'd scan at least 1200 to 2000 dpi off
> slides and then down size them to what ever I wanted.
>
> Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
> (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
> www.rogerhalstead.com
>
>>Skip
>>
>
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