[H-GEN] Scanning Slides

[Ewan Edwards]

I have looked at this exact same issue in the past.  I recall seeing 
scanners from HP and Epson with the attachments for scanning slides 
and 35mm negatives.  IIRC, they were at Harvey Norman with price tags 
around $300+ (this was a few years ago).  There was one model that 
had an attachment to do some of the larger size negatives up to about 
6"x4".  This is the one I was most interested in, but at around $500 
or $700, couldn't be justified at the time.

As for working with Linux ... no idea.  They all had USB interface, 
maybe one of the HP models also had a SCSI interface.

Now ... given that there a few of you looking at this, maybe there is 
an opportunity for a bit of cooporation and collusion with a view to 
saving each other money and hassles.





On Wed, 25 May 2005 05:46 am, Tony Bilbrough wrote:
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> Ditto the several thousands slides.
> So, I also need to buy one.
> But will wait until I hear which one works under Linux
> Tony
>
> Gary Curtis wrote:
> >On 5/24/05, David <djmunn at bigpond.com> wrote:
> >>Hi All.....my wife has several 1000 slides
> >>
> >>snip
> >
> >I believe that the higher-end scanners have attachments that
> >allow you to scan 3 or 4 slides at a time, all at a decent enough
> >resolution.  I need to do this for my own slides (1000s) but
> > haven't worked up the courage just yet.
> >
> >Gaz