I've been looking at scanners for 35mm and medium format negatives and slides. Short of spending over £1,000 on a dedicated film scanner, I've narrowed it down to the high-end consumer Canons (8800f & 9000f) and Epsons (V500, V600 and V700). I haven't bought one yet.
D On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Tony Crooks <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 21 Feb 2012, at 08:39, Rob Beattie wrote: > > My scanning needs are simple and occasional so I bought an Epson > all-in-one the SX18. Pleased enough so far. > > > Our printer is a Canon MG5250 all-in-one which produces perfectly good > scans for everyday use and has proved very useful as a low volume copier. > The MG5250 is one of the quite few printers that can print onto printable > CD/DVDs which much influenced our choice. > > Am also slowly transferring the thousands of photos prints and slides > taken over 50 years using a Canon 4400F scanner as it has a slide adapter > in its lid. To my eye this produces better results when scanning photos > than the all-in-one. > > One observation is that Canon aren't all that good on keeping their > software current with Apple’s OS releases but there are alternatives such > as that from Hamrick - Vuescan. > > Regards, > > Tony > -- > Tony Crooks > ---------------------------------- > 53 Mendip Avenue • Eastbourne • BN23 8HP > Mob: 07428706227 > Tel: 01323-460789 > <mailto: [email protected]> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- Darren Morgan [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
