Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/14

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Subject: [Leica] offtopic:35mm slide/negative scanner
From: "Ferdinand U. LuDo" <fld@mozcom.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 21:24:44 +0800

Hello Luggers,

I'd like to get into scanning my negatives and slides so that I can preview
my shots before having them printed by my lab. I'd like to ask some
opinions on the ff. 35mm slide/print film scanner:

a.) Microtek Scan Maker 35T Plus for PC
b.) Polaroid Sprintscan 35 LE PC
c.) Nikon Coolscan LS-20  Coolscan II
d.) Minolta Dimage Scan Dual

I'm really new at this stuff and don't know much about it. Sure, someday
I'd like to print out my outputs/results on a piece of paper, but for now
my priority is to see the negative/results before having them printed by a
lab. Before, I had a lab do me a contact print before having them printed.
But the turn around time was too long (a few days). I'm now thinking of
previewing it right into my computer screen. My equipment currently is a
Cyrix 133+ with 1.2 meg hardrive, 32 Meg EDO ram and 2 Meg Video card
(Diamond Stealth I believe). i know, its a bit outdated, but I'd like to
know whether any of the above scanners listed above would work and what are
the necessary hardware/softwares I need to get started.

Would appareciate some advise,

Ferdinand