G'day Ian and co.
My two bobs worth is that you don't need a dedicated scanner to get
reasonable results. I asked a professional photographer which slide
scanner I should get and he had purchased a high end flat bed scanner
and recommended I go that way.
I bought a Epson Perfection 4870 photo scanner for $800 about 14 months
ago [it was a superseded model]. It can scan up to eight 35 mm slides
at once, scan 120 mm positives, scan negatives, and came with photoshop
elements. You can scan at different levels of resolution - from memory
~ 4000 dpi, which is definitely more than you need for computer work.
The main issue I found is that the scanned images tend to come out on
the dark side, and so some need to be lightened on the computer.
The bottom line is how much money you want to spend. You won't get
good results from a cheap flatbed scanner, but you may not wish to
spend thousands on a dedicated scanner if you don't have thousands of
slides to scan and also want to scan negatives, photos, illustrations
or text. My advice is to check out the higher quality flatbed scanners
[I got mine from Harris Tech]. You may find they suit your needs
better.
Of course, which ever way you go, you will need to reduce the size of
the files before you email them.
Regards, Laurie.
On Saturday, March 11, 2006, at 12:03 PM, Gregory Little wrote:
Ian
This is my first time on birding-aus so please excuse if I have replied
wrongly. I simply hit the "reply to all" button. Ian, I have a "HP
scanjet 3970" which I purchased to be able to scan
slides/transparencies. While it can do the job the result is nothing
like the original and the resulting images are not saleable or
competition quality. Maybe I am doing something wrong? You may be
better
served by a dedicated device. I think Nikon has one that is about
$1000.
The results from this type of device, from my experience, is very good.
Greg Little
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Ian Cowan
Sent: Saturday, 11 March 2006 8:49 AM
To:
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] another digital question
Following on from the recent questions on digital cameras I was
wondering if list members had any experience with converting their old
35mm slides and filmstrips to digital. I was contemplating a HP
Photosmart 3310 for the job and while I appreciate the old adage "you
get what you pay for" and there are more expensive alternatives around
I
was wondering if anyone can comment on the quality of results from this
model - is it acceptable?
please reply off list
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