Epson scanners

[Cliff Tonkin]

Has anyone used the Epson Perfection 1670 Photo or
2400 Photo?

I need to scan 1,000 35mm Kodachrome slides to disc and these scanners seem
able to do it. It would be useful if I could obtain a sample file.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cliff

 

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If you only plan to scan 35mm and nothing larger, you would probably be glad
if you saved up a little more money and bought a dedicated film scanner like
the Minolta Dual Scan IV or just discontinued III. These will do a much
better job with 35mm compared to the 1670 or 2400. If your budget won't
stretch that far and you don't want to buy a used dedicated film scanner,
Brian D's post about the 3170 deal at Amazon would be my second
recommendation.

Doug

 

[Ernesto T. Bass]

Absolutely, I have an Epson 1650 Photo and the Photo part of it was a waste
of time and money, but it does do a good job on prints. I'm currently
scanning around 600 kodachrome slides with a newly purchased Scan Dual IV.
The flatbed just won't do the job adequately. But I do need the flatbed for
prints and documents, faxes, etc....so I have to have both. In short, don't
spend extra on the photo lid for the flatbed, you'll end up with a dedicated
slide scanner and that money will be wasted. Ask me how I know

j.

 

[Martin C]

Since you did ask, what is your problem Ernesto. I have an Epson 1250 Photo
Perfection scanner which is able to scan slides. The only real problem I
have is that due to the high scanning resolutions required, it picks up
every tiny bit of dust still on the slide and obviously magnifies it. A few
dust and scratch filters later and it is fine.

Obviously a dedicated slide scanner is by far the better option, but if you
either cannot afford both or don't have the space for 2 scanners, then a
flatbed is good enough if you are careful enough. Now that I clean the
slides a bit better, I have fewer problems.

Martin

 

[Ernesto T. Bass]

The quality with the flatbed is the problem Martin

 

[Martin C]

I totally agree that the quality of a flatbed scanner for scanning slides is
inferior to that produced by a dedicated slide scanner. However, as I
stated, we cannot all afford 2 scanners or the deskspace that they occupy.
Unless you want to blow up slides to large photos, they are good enough. You
may have to perform a few adjustments using a good quality photo
manipulation package or good plugins.

They work for me.

Martin.

 

[Ernesto T. Bass]

275 dollars for a dual scan IV....we're not talking 800 dollars. I had 620
slides I had to archive for posterity and a picture book. When I'm done
with the job I could sell my scanner if I want. It takes little desk space.

Just a thought.

j.