[MacDV] Re: Scanning Photos

[Doug Mitchell]

I use an Epson Perfection 1650 which does a very good job and sold for 
under $200 Canadian a year ago.  I believe that it has been updated but 
anything in that series is well worth a look.

Doug Mitchell
On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at 10:54  PM, ShirleyK wrote:

> 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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