Scanners

[mame]

Ready to buy a scanner. Had no idea there were so many!

Want a flat bed primarily for scanning slides. Want a good one but can't afford a super fancy one with lots of extra doo-dads.

Before I go to the stores and have to deal with salesmen speals, any recommendations?

Txs

[Leaflin]

Hi Mame
I have a Visioneer One Touch 8820.
It does slides, though I have never got that far.
I got it at Sams and have no idea what I paid for it, but it wasn't real expensive because I'm basically pretty cheap :).
Anyhow I like it and haven't had any problems.
A month after I got it they offered a $20.00 rebate!!

[Leaflin]

I just found their web site.
They have the same one I got for $139.99 with a $30.00 rebate.
I think I paid $129.00 without a rebate.
They have some others also. :)

http://www.visioneer.com/dynahome.html

[Reye]

I have a Microtek X6EL that is in about the same price range as Leaflin's I think. It does slides and can handle 8 1/2 x 14 items. I have not looked at their website for awhile but you may want to check it out for rebates etc. Mine has worked well.
Jerry

[mame]

Txs you guys. Those are the two brands I have heard the most positive feedback about. I'm armed and ready now to go deal with the cyberspace gurus.

Txs again.

[colorme]

I have an hp, i got it for 60 dollars and it's skinny, it's a scanjet 2100 c. Try and check out the hp's @ office max, circuit city, or bestbuy.

[animal]

I have a Umax Astra 2100 U.:clap:

[JeffG]

Hey, not to be a wet blanket, but is the slide scanning capacity of your average scanner really all that great? I'll admit I dont have any experience with those attachments but here's why I ask... In my catalogues, I'll see consumer scanners for low prices (under $300) that advertise that capability, but then in the same catalogue I'll see a professional quality, dedicated slide scanner for substantially more (a grand or so). This makes me wonder if the slide scanning option for an all purpose medium-priced scanner will make scans that are of a professional quality, which is what I (and I assume Auntie Mame) are looking for... not just good enough scans of vacation slides, but really tight and color correct scans of portfolio slides.

Any thoughts on this? I bet PixelScapes could advise...

[Lulu]

I've got a hp scanjet 4p - have had it for about 5 years now and never had any probs with it. It has been well used too.

[mame]

Jeff - you're right. My work is pretty dark. Even the guy who does my slides says they're a bugger to shoot and he's a top notch professional. The few pieces I have shown here at WC are 3rd generation reproductions from a gallery web site scanned by someone else - and they just fall way too short of the reality. I think part of the problem is the scanner they're using.


I figured because I "know" the work and if I want the best reproductions I can get it's better to do it myself and get the best scanner I can afford - although can't go a thou.

Have gotten great advice here. Thank you all so much for your time and interest in helping out old Auntie Mame.