>> I noticed back when camera's were being talked about that several people mentioned they shoot only slides. My question: does anyone own a scanner that will also do slides? >> I have an HP PhotoSmart scanner, which scans slides and negatives at resolutions up to 2400 dpi and prints up to 5 inches by 7 inches at 300 dpi. It's a good unit for what I paid for it ($300). The biggest problem is noise in the dark areas at maximum resolution, but I haven't noticed it at the lower resolutions that are used for posting on the Web or for making 4-by-6-inch prints. When I was creating a brochure for my club, it was very handy to be able to select a slide from my collection, scan it on the spot, convert it to grayscale in Paint Shop Pro, and insert it into the brochure's Word document. Later, I also purchased an Epson Stylus Photo 750, which completed (for now!) my digital darkroom. There are some better quality units out there for more money. See the following URLs for some independent tests, tips, and opinions: http://www.primenet.com/~hamrick/vsm.html http://www.sphoto.com/photosmt.html http://www.cix.co.uk/~tsphoto/ http://www.scantips.com/ Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 15 1999 - 12:01:56 PST
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