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To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (20354)	5/29/2001 9:15:17 AM
From: limtex	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

Art - I have literally hundreds of slides and I have a good slide projector but I don't think I have used ti more than once in the last year. Now my Panasonic 3CCD vidoe camera is a whole different ball game. I use it almost every day. I have had some old family films converted. they are great no more 16mm projector etc. So if I scanned slides would I want to project them a very high resolution again or would I show them on a TV or computer screen? Well the latter is far more likely and II could always project the original slides if I ever had to. So what do these scanners do in the way of quality? Best regards, L

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (20354)	5/30/2001 11:53:22 AM
From: Arby	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Art, L: I have ~1500 slides and nearly that many negatives. The majority are family and vacation shots. Some are pretty good; most are terrible. I have been using a Nikon CP 880 with slide copy adapter to digitize the better ones. My goal when I started was to capture the best in digital format, eventually to be put on DVD. Until then, I'll put them on CDs. The copies of the better slides are spectacular, especially after touch up in software. I've also made some prints (HP 932) and am simply amazed. Now the kids (fully grown) want copies of their childhood for albums they want to leave for their children. I've tried using the 880 and adapter to copy negatives but the color shift in the negative base material is non trivial to deal with. I am considering a film scanner which will also deal with the slides in an even more convenient way. In general, the Nikon 880 has rejuvenated my interest in photography. Too bad SNDK hasn't rejuvenated my portfolio. RB