slide/neg. scanner

What's the best/cheapest scanner for around $250.
Many thanks





Graeme Hogan

For that kind of money, the only slide scanner you can get is a used HP
Photosmart S20 (or 20S?), barely useable as a slide scanner.





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"Graeme Hogan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Many thanks
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>Add another $150-$200 . .and get yourself a decent PrimeFilm 1800 scanner.

Any idea where in Melbourne to have a look at one of these?

Im lookin for a scanner to go through boxes and boxes of negatives
from my parents over 40 yrs!! scanning them in sheets would be so much
quicker...

Can you also scan the old ones with the cardboard boarder on them????

Thanks
Bruce

We actually sell them.
Last time [1 - 2 years ago ] our client bought them [ 5 scanners ] it was
around $450 each.

I'll find out what's the price now.

Cardboard border ? u mean the white slide mount ?
I believe so.

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> >Add another $150-$200 . .and get yourself a decent PrimeFilm 1800
scanner.
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> Any idea where in Melbourne to have a look at one of these?
>
> Im lookin for a scanner to go through boxes and boxes of negatives
> from my parents over 40 yrs!! scanning them in sheets would be so much
> quicker...
>
> Can you also scan the old ones with the cardboard boarder on them????
>
> Thanks
> Bruce
>


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>We actually sell them.
where are you?

>Last time [1 - 2 years ago ] our client bought them [ 5 scanners ] it was around $450 each.
kewl .... ball park for the HP's Ive been lookin at.

>I'll find out what's the price now.
Sweet... Thanks!

>Cardboard border ? u mean the white slide mount ?
yes. the thing most slides came with in the 1970's...

> I believe so.
Thanks...

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
"Mr Biggus," <(E-Mail Removed)_removenoshitmail.> wrote:
>>We actually sell them.
>where are you?
>
>>Last time [1 - 2 years ago ] our client bought them [ 5 scanners ] it was
> around $450 each.
>kewl .... ball park for the HP's Ive been lookin at.
>
>>I'll find out what's the price now.
>Sweet... Thanks!
>
>>Cardboard border ? u mean the white slide mount ?
>yes. the thing most slides came with in the 1970's...
>
>> I believe so.
>Thanks...

Be careful Biggus. I really suspect you could be disappointed. My
own "searching" over recent months suggests I would need to spend in
the low thousands of dollars to get a practical slide scanner (i.e one
that produces an acceptable scan in a convenient manner).

I've got many, many boxes of Kodachromes. I'm convinced that the only
serious option for digitising them is to use one of those scanners
with an automatic slide feeder so you can just bung in a batch at a
time and walk away. Otherwise you will spend your life on the job and
give up before you've barely started.

Anyway, do a google for "PrimeFilm 1800" and check out some of the
user reviews. I only looked at one set , and the best it scored was
2 out of 5 (average 1.7). [But it seems there are different versions
of the "1800" judging by one reviewer's comments, so this set of
reviews may not apply to the one you're looking at.]
<http://www.photographyreview.com/PRD_130161_3126crx.aspx>

Mind you, some journalists do rate it higher (but then the cycnic in
me says most of them just reproduce the publicity blurb from the
manufacturer). See:
<http://www.referenceguide.com/reviews/pacific1800.htm>


Cheers, Phred.

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> "Graeme Hogan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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You will need to go for a flat bed scanner that can do film for that
cost (or close to that cost)
Brenton

I've got a nearly new Canon 9900f scanner you can have cheap
I bought it and then because of the level of my work, decided to go for a
dedicated film scanner instead. I have scanned 35mm and 6x10 film as well as
photos for restoration and it works quite well but unfortunately, not at the
professional level Canon claim. The RRP is $799 but I'll sell it for $600
(plus freight). This is about as cheap as you'll get a good quality
slide/film scanner.

Everything is as new. The packaging, the paperwork and the scanner itself.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with it either. It's in Brisbane and you
are welcome to see it working on your own film or mine.
0421 288815
Justin
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> For that kind of money, the only slide scanner you can get is a used HP
> Photosmart S20 (or 20S?), barely useable as a slide scanner.
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> "Graeme Hogan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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i saw an epson 2240 (or something) at harvey norman's yesterday for $199
which had a neg/slide attachment

sure it only does 300dpi but that's good enough for 10x15cm prints from most
inkjet printer i would have thought...and more than good enough for
uploading and sharing...


adam f


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