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In message <ntEYk.2107$(E-Mail Removed)>, Frank Arthur
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>Here's an old but good scanner.
>Look into ICE,ROC & GEM,multiple scans,color depth etc.

ICE is brilliant unless you are scanning Kodachrome (sometimes it is OK
sometimes it isn't) or B&W (it just doesn't work). If you want quality
scans you need a scanner with ICE.

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>The $130 scanner is like comparing a cheap microscope that claims
>1200x images while fine quality microscopes max 600x and cost many
>times the price.
>You get 1200x without much detail.
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> Nikon Super Coolscan 4000 ED Film & Slide Scanner
> "Drum-scanner quality", plus amazing "Digital ICE cubed"
>defect-removal, grain and color processing!
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Here in the UK second-hand examples of Nikon scanners don't come up very
often on Ebay, and with the current models they go for almost as much as
the best prices on a new one, so when I brought a Coolscan V I brought
new - I got a guarantee and a decent returns policy.

I also got a batch slide feeder for it which was a good buy on Ebay.

Before I brought the Nikon I did try scanning some slides with an old
flatbed scanner with a light back for doing slides, and the quality
simply doesn't compare.

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