Blairgowrie Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 I have been thinking about getting a scanner. I know nothing about them. What should I be looking for? I just want to scan some old photographs. Mostly black and white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum Pooka Posted April 20, 2006 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 I have a HP psc 1315v (printer/scanner/copier) I don't think they make this model any longer, but the combo is nice. Cost under 100$ US. Pooka Go Habs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo.Pepper Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Lexmark P3150 Printer/Copier/Scanner. I bought it for I think $80 Cdn. You can prolly get it for less these days. It is excellent! Even if it broke as a printer I would of course keep it a scanner. I used to use a parallell port flatbed till a few years ago and I remember being shocked at how fast the USB scanners were. ( I should't have been of course but I was shocked anyway! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1. DDz Quorum B16Enk Posted April 20, 2006 1. DDz Quorum Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Canon. 'nuff said Ok may be a little more detail, you are looking for USB 2 and a resolution of around (or better than) 2400 x 4800. Ideally a transparency adapter too so you can scan in the negatives that you will find that have no prints. My father is an ex-RAF photo Eng and was a keen photographer (he went to college with Ken Russell the director of all people ). He bought the CanoScan 9950F which is an excellent bit of kit @ $400US and is impressed with it's performance and results: Maximum 4800 x 9600 dpi resolutionBatch scan thirty 35mm negative frames FAREâ„¢ (Film Automatic Retouching and Enhancement) Level 3 Supports professional films up to 4 x 5 in. for both transparencies and negatives 48-bit for over 281 trillion possible colors FARE is excellent as it will 'automagicaly' remove scratches etc. and re-adjust saturation (this is also available on the CanoScan 8400F @ $150US) HP make a good range of scanners too, and Epson could also be considered as they have (or at least used to) unique resolution enhancing technology. But you know Canon quality ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blairgowrie Posted April 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 This was just the kind of info I needed lads. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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