Scanner Recomendations

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I am looking for a film scanner to use with a new G5 iMac. I have a
large collection of slides taken at various times on about five
different types of color slide film. They have all had closed storage
and are not dusty nor is there any color changes or fading.

I would appreciate some input on a reasonable priced scanner for just
archiving these to DVD for showing on the TV. Perhaps a few prints but
none larger than 8x10.

The reviews of the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual IV Film Scanner and
Nikon Cool Scan are quite mixed leading me to confusion.

Thanks for any help.

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Panta Rei

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anyone4tennis@hotmail.com wrote:

> I am looking for a film scanner to use with a new G5 iMac. I have a
> large collection of slides taken at various times on about five
> different types of color slide film. They have all had closed storage
> and are not dusty nor is there any color changes or fading.
>
> I would appreciate some input on a reasonable priced scanner for just
> archiving these to DVD for showing on the TV. Perhaps a few prints but
> none larger than 8x10.
>
> The reviews of the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual IV Film Scanner and
> Nikon Cool Scan are quite mixed leading me to confusion.
>
> Thanks for any help.

My advice would be get the best scanner you can justifably afford or talk
with friends and colleagues about chipping in the price together.

If you (and friends) have moved down the digital road then the number of
slides and negatives are finite and there will come a point when there is
nothing left to scan. Then sell the thing on ebay.

The Minolta does get good reviews, but then again, so does the Nikon - both
will do a good job. See if you can find actual example scans.

A couple of years ago I bought a Prime Film 1800i which was very good at
scanning but found the 1800 dpi was not good enough for my 'best' pictures.
I'm now considering borrowing or buying a scanner with twice the dpi and
working my way through my collection again and as I'm a college professor
with long hols so this won't be a problem.

There may also be post scan work on some negs. All-in-all the scanning bit
took the least amount of time, dust removal and the like as well as reducing
contrast on slides.

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I am a retiered photographer and have started to put my vast collection of
transparancies and negs on to CD's and have found that the Minolta Dimage
dual scan IV does the job very well and I am very happy with the results and
ease of use.
Hope this helps you in some way
Griff

"stewy" <stewy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> anyone4tennis@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>> I am looking for a film scanner to use with a new G5 iMac. I have a
>> large collection of slides taken at various times on about five
>> different types of color slide film. They have all had closed storage
>> and are not dusty nor is there any color changes or fading.
>>
>> I would appreciate some input on a reasonable priced scanner for just
>> archiving these to DVD for showing on the TV. Perhaps a few prints but
>> none larger than 8x10.
>>
>> The reviews of the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual IV Film Scanner and
>> Nikon Cool Scan are quite mixed leading me to confusion.
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>
> My advice would be get the best scanner you can justifably afford or talk
> with friends and colleagues about chipping in the price together.
>
> If you (and friends) have moved down the digital road then the number of
> slides and negatives are finite and there will come a point when there is
> nothing left to scan. Then sell the thing on ebay.
>
> The Minolta does get good reviews, but then again, so does the Nikon -
> both
> will do a good job. See if you can find actual example scans.
>
> A couple of years ago I bought a Prime Film 1800i which was very good at
> scanning but found the 1800 dpi was not good enough for my 'best'
> pictures.
> I'm now considering borrowing or buying a scanner with twice the dpi and
> working my way through my collection again and as I'm a college professor
> with long hols so this won't be a problem.
>
> There may also be post scan work on some negs. All-in-all the scanning bit
> took the least amount of time, dust removal and the like as well as
> reducing
> contrast on slides.
>