Ron-- Digital ICE works well on many if not most Kodachrome slides. What happens is that when there is a lot of cyan content, Digital ICE sometimes gives unpredictable results. Of course, any dark part of the image will have a lot of cyan. What happens is that you loose high frequency detail. White lettering on a dark background becomes fuzzy. To get around this, you can scan the image twice, once with Digital ICE on and once with it off. Then depending on the image, combine the images on different layers (an image with a lot of cyan content should go on top, an image with a lot of defects should go on top). Then erase the top layer reveling the image below.
The Acer 2740 S is a very good, inexpensive scanner that can scan four slides at once. That may not be much consolation when you have hundreds, but it is an option. Good luck. Jack Phipps Applied Science Fiction -----Original Message----- From: Ronald Vyhmeister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: filmscanners: Scanning large quantities of slides... I'm being transferred into the tropics, and I don't really want to carry my slide collection into that kind of environment... I'm looking at acquiring a slide scanner to do this job...and I don't have an unlimited budget... It's all 35mm, no APS. It's a mix of Kodachrome, Ektachrome and Fujichrome... I don't want to do them one at a time, and yet I'm not sure I can afford the cost of the bulk loader with the Nikon 4000ED or some equivalent... I know I will need some form of help with the dust/scratches (ICE or FARE, or something else?)... Not on all, but certainly on the older ones... However, the older ones are Kodachrome, which I understand isn't helped much... Any suggestions are appreciated... Ron