I've been looking at purchasing a scanner to digitise approximately 3,000
35mm slides, mostly non glass mounted but some still un-mounted in strips
of
6.
I can't justify purchasing a new model right now so thought I would look
on
eBay for a bargain! To my surprise there were no Canon, Minolta or Nikon
scanners listed in the UK but there were a glut of Easypix USB powered
fixed
focus auto exposure scanners, such as the one below:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Easypix-35mm-Film-and-slide-scanner-HighResoloution_W0QQitemZ280200505401QQihZ018QQcategoryZ15223QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Basic specs are:
Scanner for 35mm film strip and mounted slides
48-bit color depth
3600 dpi optical resolution
One button scanning
Hi speed scan and preview (0.5MS)
Price is £74.50 including postage.
I've always been a firm believer that you get what you pay for but wonder
if
anyone in this ng has any experience of this or similar budget scanners.
I don't need to worry about APS or MF so a dedicated 35mm scanner would be
ideal but I'm curious just how good or bad these budget models are and
whether there are any better alternatives at this end of the market. I
already have an Epson GT7000 flat bed scanner with a slide attachment hood
but have always found the results to be very disappointing, particularly
in
terms of low contrast and lack of punch in the scans.
Any thoughts, recommendations or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Garry Douglas
