Re: [Leica] Slide Scanner Question

["Philip S. Kronenberg" <philkvt@vt.edu>]

Richard,

I recommend the HP PhotoSmart scanner at under $500.

I bought one two weeks ago and have found it to be effective in scanning
slides, negatives, and prints up to 5x7.

Re the details: 2400 dpi and 30 bit, with fairly decent software to
customize your scans for printing and saving to other applications (like
Adobe Photoshop, etc). It includes in the price a dedicated SCSI card (which
I don't think will support other SCSI devices other than the HP PhotoSmart
scanner).

i have been very pleased with it, thus far. I have a substantial collection
of 35mm slides and negs (color & b&w) and feel it is a pragmatic alternative
to the higher-end scanners like the Nikon Coolscan LS-1000 (a 2700 dpi 35mm
scanner at around $1800...).

                -Phil

At 12:39 PM 1/7/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Dear Fellow LUGnuts,
>
>I need to purchase a scanner to digitize slides for usa as low resolution
>images in Microsoft Powerpoint for lecturing.  File sizes are around 100K
>for easy loading and permits easier transition from slide image to slide
>image on Powerpoint.
>
>I just read an ad for a new Olympus ES-10 scanner for $449 that even runs
>of the parallel port - so a SCSI card is not necessary.  Resolution is
>listed as 1770 dpi with 24 but color.
>
>Could someone knowledgable about scanners help me on this one.  I only need
>a scanner for 35mm slides and then only to insert the images into
>Powerpoint.  I will not be scanning for publication.  I'll let the journals
>do that for me.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Richard 
>
>