Unfortunately, the scanner you need to do that without severe pain (the Nikon 5000 ED with the batch slide feeder attachment) will run about 4 times your budget.
The Minolta Scan Dual III and IV scanners are good options in your budget if you can find them used, but they have an unfortunate tendency to die after 3-400 rolls worth of scanning (I speak from experience here). Scanning with high-end flatbeds is an exercise in frustration with 35mm, and the ones which can handle enough slides/negs to make it worthwhile are around twice your budget (Epson 4990 or V700). You might check out scancafe.com, they do scanning for around 19 cents a frame for 3000dpi (approximate final resolution of 4500x3000). -Adam On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:06 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Slightly off topic, but I know this group will have a wealth of information. > > I am looking at converting a huge amount of 35mm film negative, and 35mm > slides into digital format. I know that to do this best, I will need to > purchase a dedicated film scanner. I have done some preliminary reserarch > on Amazon, and am a little overwhelmed with the choices. I'm willing to > spend somewhere around $300 US as of right now, and am hoping that ya'll > might be able to provided me with some of your own opinions. > > Hardware: > I already have several USB and Firewire external hard drives as well as > a DVD burner. > My primary computer is an Intel-chipped MacBook > I have access to a IBM Thinkpad X61, but this is a work computer, and I > prefer to use the Mac. > > So, on that note, all comments are welcome, and appreciated. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
