The V700 sells for about $700 in Oz.

You might also consider a dedicated film scanner, rather than a flatbed, as they give much better resolution if you want to make enlargements. The Plustech 7200 is a good buy if you want to go this way.

Flatbed Scanners (Canon also make a good one) can process several slides/negs in one pass, whereas a film scanner requires each shot to be “processed “ individually.

Avoid cheap scanners from electronic shops or Aldi, as they have low resolution.


Brian

From:TramsDownUnder@... [mailto:TramsDownUnder@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of john carlson
Sent: Wednesday, 15 September 2010 8:13 AM
To:TramsDownUnder@...
Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Scanning tram photos


Over on Eurotrams the Epsom V700 gets very good feedback. See attached.

It costs about 350 GBP.

I know that is not cheap but it does a very good job.

John

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From: Paul Nicholson pn1@...>
To:TramsDownUnder@...
Sent: Tue, September 14, 2010 10:56:25 PM
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Scanning tram photos

I guess I am not alone in having an extensive collection of tram slides and photos that haven't seen the light of day for many years and now should be scanned both for posterity and sharing among the TDU community and other interested parties.

I have a Canon 3200F scanner, several years old, that has a capacity for scanning photos, negatives and slides. It's OK for documents but the photos and slides are only average.

I guess it's time for me to purchase a "suitable" quality scanner to get working on the collection? What scanners to other enthusiasts use and recommend?

(This reminds me a little of 40 years ago when I was saving my dollars to purchase my first SLR camera; in those days the standards for the average enthusiast were either Minolta or Pentax [I chose Minolta] and, if you were a little more affluent - Nikon!)

No doubt the first part of the project is to get the photos scanned and on to the computer and then "tweak" them for publication/sharing?

Paul in Melbourne