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| Thread ID: 38196 | 2003-09-30 06:06:00 | Can anyone recommend a good Scanner | Bambi (1486) | Press F1 |
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| 179257 | 2003-09-30 06:06:00 | I have quite a few hundred photos (10x8, 8x6, 7x5") that I would like to scan, but I want the best quality I can get from them. Want to spend up to $250. Compatible with XP. Reliable. (surpose they are all these days) I'm looking at a couple of Canon scanners...LiDE 20, LiDE 30 (more so the LiDE 30) are these any good? (as good as any maybe). So does anyone have anything good or bad to say about the above models or recommend any other model. Thanks in advance. |
Bambi (1486) | ||
| 179258 | 2003-09-30 06:25:00 | I have the lide20,Im happy with her,i was in much the same position,i had a couple thousand photo's to scan.The process went considerably quick as the muti-scan function could scan 2 pics at once,then crop them as seperate files,name them,then save them to a nominated folder,all with one touch of a button. | metla (154) | ||
| 179259 | 2003-09-30 06:33:00 | Hi Metla. Have you found that you need or may need, the higher resolution that the lide30 has? | Bambi (1486) | ||
| 179260 | 2003-09-30 06:39:00 | remember dpi is not the indicator of quality. some say 400/300dpi is the best u can get. more dpi does not necessarily add detail, but just file size. some say lide is ok. some say the larger ones are better. i say, perhaps, but via my eyes without a bechmark to compare to each time, they all about the same. if u do want better, u do need to go away from domestic scanners or get a film scanner. those canon models (consumer) ones will give better results. and not bad $ i must add. or better, professional ones made by Nikon, Minolata, Canon etc.. |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 179261 | 2003-09-30 06:44:00 | The only thing i would have asked for is a bigger platen,so i could fit more photos on at the one time,I could only get 2 pics on at the one time in order for the multi-scan to do its job. | metla (154) | ||
| 179262 | 2003-09-30 06:47:00 | Consumer did a report in September 2002. They recomended the Hewlett-Packard Scanjet 2300C or the Acer/Beng 3300U (which may be difficult to find). If you can get a copy of the article it is very interesting. After reading all the reports I finished up buying a Canon CanoScan and have had no problems with it and it does all I want The only thing it runs off a parallel port, rather than a USB. |
Smithie 38 (1008) | ||
| 179263 | 2003-09-30 07:06:00 | benq 3000u and benq 5000u www.computermedic.co.nz |
metla (154) | ||
| 179264 | 2003-09-30 07:14:00 | > remember dpi is not the indicator of quality. some > say 400/300dpi is the best u can get. more dpi does > not necessarily add detail, but just file size. Yes. I was scanning images today @ 75dpi (8x6) and @ 100dpi (7x5) at tech today. 150dpi will fill the screen. |
Bambi (1486) | ||
| 179265 | 2003-09-30 07:19:00 | But they will look terrible if you print them. If you scan at a higher resolution, you can resample them to get lower resolution to show them on the screen. But you can't add resolution. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 179266 | 2003-09-30 07:33:00 | Hi Graham. What resolution would you recommend for me to scan at if I wanted to print them. I'm actually wanting to scan for the web at this stage! |
Bambi (1486) | ||
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