Re: 35mm Scanners

Garry Douglas wrote:
I've been looking at purchasing a scanner to digitise approximately
3,000 35mm slides, mostly non glass mounted but some still un-mounted
in strips of 6.

I can't justify purchasing a new model right now so thought I would
look on eBay for a bargain! To my surprise there were no Canon,
Minolta or Nikon scanners listed in the UK but there were a glut of
Easypix USB powered fixed focus auto exposure scanners, such as the
one below:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Easypix-35mm-Film-and-slide-scanner-HighResoloution_W0QQitemZ280200505401QQihZ018QQcategoryZ15223QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Basic specs are:

Scanner for 35mm film strip and mounted slides
48-bit color depth
3600 dpi optical resolution
One button scanning
Hi speed scan and preview (0.5MS)

Price is £74.50 including postage.

I've always been a firm believer that you get what you pay for but
wonder if anyone in this ng has any experience of this or similar
budget scanners.
I don't need to worry about APS or MF so a dedicated 35mm scanner
would be ideal but I'm curious just how good or bad these budget
models are and whether there are any better alternatives at this end
of the market. I already have an Epson GT7000 flat bed scanner with a
slide attachment hood but have always found the results to be very
disappointing, particularly in terms of low contrast and lack of
punch in the scans.
Any thoughts, recommendations or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

Garry Douglas

If you look around you can get it from £40 The one bit of spec that is never
clearly stated is the Resolution.
I think its more like a digital camera mounted in a fixed stand with a lens
that focuses on the slide. Someone in here bought one But I would look at
canoscan 4400F for less money and much higher Quality the 8800 or HP and
Epson equivalents if you want even better. Only Nikon and Plustek, oh and
that Broun one, still make film only scanners.

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