I need a 35mm film scanner to scan hundreds of 40+ yr old color slides for archival purposes. I'm using a Mac Mini which has USB 2.0 and Firewire. I don't know what all is on the market at this time, and am looking for the best quality performance within my price range. Ideally, the cost would be closer to $500-600.
2006-11-29 19:19:17 · 5 answers · asked by pdxflint 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
I would concur that the Epson 4490 is a great scanner, as I own one myself and am a professional. However, if I were to buy a scanner now I would really consider the Epson perfection v700 with its dual lens and higher Dmax which should make the images more sharp, but seriously you probably would be better off with the 4490, however don't use the digital ice feature in the software which removes dust, it makes the image a tad less sharp, and always use the manual scanning mode, as there are some bugs in the interface (used to work part time for 5 years as a level 2 Epson technical support, trust me I know about these issues.)
2006-11-29 23:27:23 · answer #1 · answered by wackywallwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks like the Epson 4990 is popular, but I have the Nikon Coolscan-V ED and love it. You can scan up to 4800 dpi if you want to. This helps a lot when you go to reomve the dust and fingerprints, but I only go to maybe 600 most of the time.
Check prices. This is a great scanner and if you find it cheaper than the Epson, buy it. Otherwise, who am I to speak out against 3 strong recommendations???
2006-11-30 16:46:44 · answer #2 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If those are heirloom images, purchase a faithful scanner. you'd be a lot happier through procuring a scanner designed to take slides than you'll with a flatbed scanner with attachments. Flatbed scanners purely haven't got what it takes. they're decrease decision than the committed scanners, the movie/slide adapters are flimsy, and the software isn't precisely reducing part. those 'multi-objective' flatbeds are better ideal than no longer something, i wager, yet you'll get an fairly sturdy slide/movie scanner for decrease than $one thousand USD. also, once you've any images of particular importance, you may want to favor to think about having them professionally scanned besides. It takes practice to lean to examine images properly. And if any of the particular slides are in a smooth state, they received't postpone to intense coping with. So i might want to objective them for particular interest
2016-10-08 00:03:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Epson 4490
2006-11-29 19:22:27 · answer #4 · answered by g_man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
epson 4990 ;)
2006-11-29 21:08:54 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋