[thelist] Scanners w/ 35mm slide option?

M. Hannan desmoljones at hotmail.com
Tue Nov 28 10:32:25 CST 2000


I was referring to the cheap plastic "cones" you put over your $99 Sear's 
special UMAX/Canon/Cheapco scanner, not a specialty flatbed scanner.

sorry for the confusion.

m@


>From: "Jason E. Burk" <jasonb at halstead-architects.com>
>Reply-To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
>To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
>Subject: Re: [thelist] Scanners w/ 35mm slide option?
>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 11:28:52 -0800
>
>"M. Hannan" wrote:
>
> > Strong word of advice, the devices where you lay the slide under a 
>device on
> > a flatbed scanner are USELESS.  These suck, even on the best of 
>flatbeds.
> > What you want is a film scanner (ones which do negatives as well, an 
>awesome
> > feature in my book).
>
>woooooaaaah there paco!
>
>i can guarantee you there are flatbed transparency scanners that will whip 
>some butt when
>it comes to image quality, because i have experienced the revelation 
>myself.  the scanner
>i'm thinking of is the LINOTYPE SAPHIRE ULTRA 2.
>
>i was using polaroid sprint scan slide / neg scanner at school that 
>absolutely ruined
>some of my images in digital format.  when i used the flatbed, the colors 
>were more
>accurate, the shadow detail was more visible and overall it was a sharper 
>image.  you DO
>have to rip apart your slides to get them flat on the glass, tho.
>
>consider this: a slide scanner is good for one thing and one thing only -- 
>film.  whereas
>a transparency flatbed is quite versatile.
>
>jason
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