(erielack) Slide scanner

[gelwood_@_dnaco.net]

Having scanned a few slides (50,000 plus), I feel I may be able to add 
something. I have tried several flatbed scanners with slides capability and 
have found the results unacceptable. These flatbed scanners include a high end 
system with a capability of 4800 dpi.

I current have a Mircotek 8700 which has a separate bed for slides and 
negatives up to 8x10. I am still not pleased with the scanned slides and 
continue to use my HP S20 for slides. This dedicated slide scanner scans at 
2400 dpi. I plan on replacing it with Nikon scanner sometime this year.

The 8700 works well with negatives. It is fairly fast and I scan 3x4 negatives 
in about 15 seconds. I can normally scan 60 negatives in about 1.5 hours.

The S20 scans a slide in under 60 seconds. 

Note, that if you only have a few slides, the scan time is not an issue but 
when you receive 600 plus slides in the mail, time is critical. Since a return 
a CD with the TIF files I save in, I normally scan slides or negatives until I 
get enough to fill a CD (700Meg). The TIF files are then resized to one of my 
standard sizes and saved as JPG, which are placed on line.

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