Anybody know of a nice scanner?
I need to buy a scanner to scan a LOAD of pictures...I would say at least 1,500 pictures. This is a long term project and a goal of mine, to bring in all of my pictures and organiize them and then archive all of it.
Can anyone reccomend a nice scanner...I would say the budget for one is no more than $250.
I really want a digital camera too but I want to archive all of the old photos before I start adding new ones. I look at it two ways...you pay a lot for either a scanner or a digital camera but you take a functionality hit either way you go. Only take pictures with a camera...only digitize old pictures with a scanner.
Any ideas?
Can anyone reccomend a nice scanner...I would say the budget for one is no more than $250.
I really want a digital camera too but I want to archive all of the old photos before I start adding new ones. I look at it two ways...you pay a lot for either a scanner or a digital camera but you take a functionality hit either way you go. Only take pictures with a camera...only digitize old pictures with a scanner.
Any ideas?
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I couldn't find the exact issue online, but I did find this link at Macworld's website:
<a href="http://www.macworld.com/subject/scanners/"; target="_blank">http://www.macworld.com/subject/scanners/</a>;
That might get you started?
If you look around Barnes & Noble (where I bought mine) or other bookstores, you still might be able to find that OS X Buyers' Guide. Can't miss it: says "Macworld SPECIAL ISSUE" at the very top and the title (where the word "Macworld" usually goes) reads:
MAX OS X
BUYERS' GUIDE
A Complete Guide to Mac OS X Products from the Mac Product Experts
Hope this helps...
<a href="http://guide.apple.com/uscategories/hwinput.lasso"; target="_blank">http://guide.apple.com/uscategories/hwinput.lasso</a>;
Choose the "Scanners" button and click "Find". Came up with 139 scanners, many OS X ready.
Canon has a cool feature that scans like 3 4 X 6s at once and saves each seperately automatically but i dont think that works in OS X yet
[ 01-19-2003: Message edited by: applenut ]</p>
I should have done my homework...I went to Circuit City and bought a printer and a scanner.
The printer is a Cannon S330...works perfectly with OS X.
I bought an Epson 1260 Perfection PHOTO...seems to have trouble in OS X...I dont know what to do...if it is supported or not <a href="http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1979847264.10429472 48@@@@&BV_EngineID=gadcgejlhhfjbfdmcfjgckidnk.0&oi d=14554&infoType=Downloads" target="_blank">IS IT SUPPORTED???</a>
Make sure your software is up to date too:
<a href="http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0228700242.10429503 65@@@@&BV_EngineID=cadcgejlhgfgbfdmcfjgckidnf.0&in foType=Downloads&oid=14553&prodoid=21643923" target="_blank">Epson Support</a>
[ 01-19-2003: Message edited by: Amorph ]</p>
<strong>epson makes a damn fine scanner.
Why the sarcastic tongue? Isnt it good quality?
i have a $250 canon a40 (2MP) and i take pictures of homework all the time adn then just look at it on the camera, because its good enough quality to do that...
...1600x1200 @ 200ppi
and it would probably be faster like that too
how do you take a pic of ur pics and it come out good? what do you do for lighting and glare and the curvature of the lens and....uhg...JUST EVERYTHING
really.... i dont understand how that would produce decent results at all
I think it is good quality, but now I am going to start archiving photos...I thought a scanner was the only way to do this?
I am confused by the statement above about taking pictures of pictures? I think that would be like taking film of a movie...it just wouldnt be right.
<strong>um.... are you kidding?
how do you take a pic of ur pics and it come out good? what do you do for lighting and glare and the curvature of the lens and....uhg...JUST EVERYTHING
really.... i dont understand how that would produce decent results at all</strong><hr></blockquote>
yeah, it would be harder i guess because you are working with glossies probably, but it can be done
i am just saying this is a solution get good looking pictures onto ur computer, if u plan on replicating them, then i probably wouldn't do it this way
but if i was going to, you would just have to set up the right conditions. it would be a hassle but if u want a digi cam and to scan in a picture and you don thave the money for both...well sometimes u are desperate
i would probably put up a white sheed or somethign to block out excess ambient light around the picture. the camera would need to be on a stand with a timed display to stop movement from occuring. also you would need even light distribution.
i wouldn't go about it like this because i have a scanner, but if i wanted a digi cam but needed to do this, i probably would be desperate enough to go about it this way
not sure, havent found a detailed review of it yet..... im sure its fine.... hard to tell from your scan.... i think that scan would look the same on about any scanner
The scan looks fine. It shows a common problem of scanning printed matter that uses a half-tone pattern. The half-tone pattern of the original print combines with the scanner's dot pattern it scanned it with, producing an interference pattern, a moire pattern. What's good is that it's not pronounced in that scan which means you scanned it at a good dpi and you kept the original straight on the scanner bed. Higher-end scanners can eliminate this interference pattern at the source, but you can also use Photoshop to minimize it afterwards.
and with the a40, i'm not quite sure, i've never taken shots that have gotten curvature, or distorded.
i normally hold the camera farther away and then use optical (careful to not use digital because i want proper quality)
the a40 has settings to take close ups, medium distance or far to infinity setting that work on how the camera is to focus.
Also witht he LIDE scanners you can use grphic convertor with the twain support for the plug in
[ 01-24-2003: Message edited by: Aussie John ]</p>