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ScanPro Digital FilmScanner $55 at Buy.com
 
Discuss (6) : History : Tell : Posted 1:30 AM PDT 07/29/09 by Ben
ScanPro Digital FilmScannerBuy.com has the ScanPro Digital FilmScanner for $55 with free shipping. Conveniently scans your 35mm slides and negatives into digital format. Features a 5MP scanning chip that produces images with up to 3600dpi. [Compare]
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#1   bellemead - Posted 6:54 am PDT 07/29/09 (399 Posts)
For what it's worth ships from and sold by mail-direct. Mixed reviews at Ama.zon
#2   sarcy - Posted 8:00 am PDT 07/29/09 (106 Posts)
Don't waste your money on these unless you intend opening up each file in an image editor and playing around with the contrast, etc. When it comes to scanning slides and negatives you get what you pay for. If all you're interested in is digitally archiving your media then go for it. The last time I looked at the costco website they had some good quality scanners.
#3   threx - Posted 8:42 am PDT 07/29/09 (54 Posts)
costco all the way. I have a 35mm scanner at home but I still use costco's
#4   malogus - Posted 8:46 am PDT 07/29/09 (36 Posts)
So you use costco to scan your slides/negatives, or one you bought at costco? My grandpa has a couple hundred slides that he always busts out at Christmas time with his projector screen. Would this be a good investment to archive those?

With some programs out there (Adobe Lightroom) you can adjust the settings on one picture, and then easily apply it to all the others. I would think that if the pictures were taken with the same camera, and scanned through the same scanner, applying the same adjustment settings will get a decent end product. I mean we are talking about taking slides from the 70s and trying to make them digital, you can't expect miracles.
#5   HOUTX - Posted 10:29 am PDT 07/29/09 (34 Posts)
Flatbed scanners are fairly inexpensive these days and they also have negative scanning adapters.
#6   foomench - Posted 11:12 am PDT 07/29/09 (1102 Posts)
Flatbed scanners generally suck for negatives. If you really want to scan negatives, spend $250 at newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16838108108
Or if you are more serious than that, get a Nikon film scanner.
 
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