Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If your purpose is just to preview them you should take a look at HP's PhotoSmart Scanner. Resolution is 2400 dpi for slides and negatives, 300 dpi for prints. We paid only $399 at our local CompUSA and had no problem installing it. We like it. Jorg Willems - -----Original Message----- From: Ferdinand U. LuDo <fld@mozcom.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 9:13 AM Subject: [Leica] offtopic:35mm slide/negative scanner >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 i know, its a bit outdated, but I'd like to 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