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Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on October 24, 2009, 07:54 PM:

Is there a scanner you would recommend for transferring old 35mm negative film, slides and prints onto the computor? have
been thinking doing about this for a while.

Thanks Graham.

Posted by Claus Harding (Member # 702) on October 24, 2009, 08:44 PM:

Graham,

Caveat: this model is out of production; we got ours on EBay.

We have the Hewlett-Packard Photosmart S-20 scanner, which was marketed at the time when they put out the Photosmart system (HP camera, scanner, printer) and it is quite good.

It is built like a little box, with a frontal motorized feed for 35mm negs and slides, and it will also ingest up to 5-by-7 inch prints. The highest resolution comes with negatives and slides.

The thing is, make SURE you get the S-20 model if you go looking for it (it has the model no. on the lid.) They made an older model which looks exactly the same, but the S-20 is USB-enabled and is the only one that will work with later operating systems, such as XP.

I know there are more advanced models, like the Nikon Coolscans, but they also cost quite a bit more unless you get very lucky.
The only drawback is that the HP software can be a bit neurotic when installing, but ours got going, so just to mention it....

Claus.

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on October 24, 2009, 11:23 PM:

Thanks Claus

I have taken note of those details and will look out for one, thanks again.

Graham.

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