[MacDV] Re: Scanning slides

[lloyds]

Thanks, Kathi.  I'll look into it.  I have a flat bed scanner (quite old)
which does me fine.  I was looking for a smaller creature that might have
dust-removing capabilities, and might use less electricity (I'm off-grid).

Bob

Kathi Carey wrote:

> BobLL,
>
> I scan slides on my Epson Perfection 1640SU with a slide attachment.  It
> does quite well, altho it's not a professional scanner.  If you scan into
> Photoshop you can make any adjustments you need before importing into FCE
> (altho I use FCP).  I'm not sure the 1640SU is still available, but you
> could check and see which Epson scanner is the current incarnation of that
> particular model.  I think the scanner was less than $200 and the slide
> attachment was less than $50.
>
> kathi
>
> On 2/22/05 2:11 PM, "macdv-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com"
> <macdv-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> thought it over and wrote:
>
> > Message: 7
> > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:57:05 -0500
> > From: lloyds <lloyds at vermontel.net>
> > Subject: [MacDV] scanning slides
> > To: Mac DV <macdv at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> > Message-ID: <421B7232.13DEAA90 at vermontel.net>
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> >
> > I may have need to scan a bunch o' slides for a movie, using FCE -- I
> > have HD, but probably won't use it.  Is there a relatively inexpensive
> > slide scanner out there that will still do an adequate job?  Google
> > produces items in the $700 - $4000 range.  Can't do.
> >
> > BobLL
>
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