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To: xstuckey who wrote (70733)	1/8/1999 4:56:00 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Respond to of 186894

xstuckey, >>>WAY OFF TOPIC<<< Take if from the Duchess of Windsor. She said that a girl could never be thin enough, rich enough, or have enough DRAM. Almost any scanner will do, but you gotta have a lotsa memory. Of course, I will defer to Engel on matters technical, especially when it comes to woodworking, sound, and images. His photograph of AMD's next maximum leader and their stretch limo on his profile page is as sharp as you are likely to get on the Internet. Member 796426 Regards,

To: xstuckey who wrote (70733)	1/8/1999 5:06:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 186894

If you can afford it get a scanner with a SCSI interface. Definitely not a parallel port. USB rather than Parallel. Speed is imperative... Jim

To: xstuckey who wrote (70733)	1/8/1999 5:41:00 PM
From: DownSouth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

You may want to look for a scanner that is specifically designed to scan 35mm slides, rather than prints. You will save the print costs and get a better scan. The higher the resolution (dpi) the better. That density is directly proportional to cost. Be sure you got lots of storage space, and/or use a SCSI connected zip drive or equivalent to store your images. The size of those images is also directly proportional to dpi being scanned. You may wish to buy PhotoShop or some other photo manipulation software. That ain't cheap, but its fun. You better have the most powerful Pentium you can affort, though. CPU hog! Lots of RAM, too. I am not familiar with current product offerings, but prices have become very affordable of late.

To: xstuckey who wrote (70733)	1/8/1999 6:10:00 PM
From: Tobias Ekman	Respond to of 186894

OT Re: Scanner. If You do hundreds of slides and 35mm film, and are in a hurry get a slidescanner. If you can wait a couple of days get youre photodeveloper to make photocds for you. Thats the cheapest and you save lots of boring scanningwork. Good luck Tobias

To: xstuckey who wrote (70733)	1/9/1999 3:05:00 AM
From: Uncle Frank	Respond to of 186894

I know you're going to scan a lot of color photos but I think you'll find a lot of other uses for a scanner, like using it as the input device for faxes or copies, or optical character recognition. You can buy scanners for over $500 with features designed for professional level graphics, or under $75 with veeerrrry sloooow scanning. I purchased a HP ScanJet 5P 1 1/2 years ago, and have found it to be a great addition to my system. Frank btw, Adobe Photoshop is a pretty expensive program, but great for touching up old pictures.