[MacDV] Scanning Photos

ShirleyK ShirleyKat at cox.net
Wed Mar 26 19:54:48 PST 2003


A pretty good scanner I got recently is the Epson 2450. I got it 
because it can scan up to 4 x 5-inch negatives. While just about any 
scanner will scan an 8 x 10 acceptably for video, I mention this Epson 
because you asked for a reasonably-priced high-quality scanner. 
Unfortunately, it has been discontinued and I'm not sure what the 
replacement it. The 2450 was $399, though Costco had it in December for 
$50 less. You may still find it available in a few places.

The other decision you're going to face is how to handle the photos in 
portrait orientation. If you don't crop into a 4 to 3 ratio, there will 
be black bars on the left and right sides. I find that preferable to 
cropping sometimes.

Shirley



On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at 05:08  PM, Aaron Kwinter wrote:

> I would like to scan some 8 x 10 photographs (both color and black and
> white) so that I can put them into an imovie film that I am making. Can
> someone recommend a high quality, reasonably priced scanner that will 
> enable
> me to do this. Thanks
>
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