Scanner for 35mm slides

Me-manny wrote:
Any recommendations for a 35 mm slide scanner, under $200, for
scanning and storing
slides on a hard disk or thumb drive. Operation system is Vista.

There are a lot of used film scanners on e-bay.

Minolta 5400 (but avoid the Mk II version)
Nikon 5000, V
various Canons. (Older models had a power supply noise issue that can
add noise to the image).

Look for:
scan densities of 3000 - 5400 dpi
at least 12 bits per color (36 bit) - 14 is a bit better
Digital ICE: esp if your negatives / slides are very dusty or scratched

Also, before buying a used film scanner, make sure there is Vista
support for it.

Go also to comp.periphs.scanners

You can consider some flatbed scanners as well that have transparency
capability. The better ones are expensive, but less so than film scanners.




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