[X4U] 35mm Slide Scanner for OS X iMac

[Paul Biddlecomb]

Finally, someone has an actual scanner recommendation.  Up until now,  
all I've gotten is useless thoughts on how it would be faster to have  
a company do it, which would end up costing many hundreds, if not  
thousands, of dollars.  I'm looking for a solution in the sub-$200  
range.

Does anyone know of an adapter that would work with an HP All-in-one  
Printer/Scanner/Copier, which is about 4 years old?  I'm not sure of  
the model number.

Or a low-end scanner that will easily scan slides?  I'm not talking  
about high-end scans, but something to archive these slides for future  
reference.

Thanks,
Paul

On Jan 23, 2008, at 10:12 PM, Vicki Allwardt wrote:

>
> I have an HP Scan Jet 4850.  It comes with an adapter to hold the  
> slides, four at a time, or a negative strip.  It has an optical  
> resolution of 4800 x 9600 dpi. It's cost was $149.  There are new  
> models out now.
>
> Vicki Allwardt
> vallwardt at mac.com
>
>>
>
> On Jan 15, 2008, at 8:12 PM, Jens Selvig wrote:
>
>> In Billings, MT you can get slides scanned for $.29 each in small  
>> numbers, ie. 1 up. They are auto analyzed so these scans would in  
>> no way compare to a $40 scan. Probably depends on what you will be  
>> doing with the scanned image as to which end of the scale to go  
>> for. My guess is that the expensive scans are CMYK and optimized  
>> for 4 color reproductions.
>>
>> There are flat bed scanners that will do transparencies. Some will  
>> do multiple transparencies. I have not used any of these. Also  
>> dedicated scanners are available that will do one up scans. Prices  
>> range from $100 up. Usually, time involved in doing large numbers  
>> of scans is a burden. You will spend time fixing these images but  
>> is doable.
>>
>> I have an 85 year old friend who has scanned 1000's of 35mm  
>> Kodachrome slides and made prints as a hobby enterprise. Mostly  
>> images he took on many European vacations. His big regret is that  
>> while he was taking these images, he passed on many images because  
>> of power lines etc. which now are easily eliminated in post editing!
>>
>> Jens
>>
>> Jens Selvig
>> ...Lost in Montana...
>>
>> On Jan 15, 2008, at 8:55 PM, Linda wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/15/08 9:42 PM, Nick Scalise wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don't you mean  $.40 *cents* each?
>>>
>>> No. $40, which included a $5 matchprint. But yes, quality slide  
>>> scanning is
>>> expensive -- which is why I'm all ears to find it for 19¢ each.
>>
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