[H-GEN] Scanning Slides

[Gavin Unsworth]

> Hi All.....my wife has several 1000 slides that are gathering dust and
> starting to deteriate....she would like to have them on CD or
> DVD.....has checked the commercial price and is way too high....i
> remember there were around some hardware slide readers available but
> havent seen an ad for them in a while.....
> does anyone know of a product that is available to  do this job and
> where they could be available....
> of course they must run under Linux ...

I'm currently working with a commercial photographer. We just put together a
photo editing machine based on a Mac G5 with a film/slide scanner.

Her choice was a Nikon Coolscan LS-50. The supplier claimed it had been
discontinued and we settled on a Minolta DiMage 5400.

FWIW she tried one of those high end flatbeds with the filmstrip attachment
while we waited on the Minolta. She was far from impressed. From speaking to
other photographers though it seems the Coolscan LS-50 or 5000ED (I think
it's predecessor) is the scanner of choice for freelance commercial
photographers - although most are now making the move to digital.

Gavin Unsworth



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