Those look like good scanners (the review seemed to give higher marks to the Epson one). Do you have any of them working under linux? In any case, do you know if the quality of results one can get is the same with the linux drivers than with the Win/OSX drivers? Do you get all the features? On Tuesday 08 July 2003 20:45, rex wrote:
If you want to scan 35mm slides, you may not be happy with the results with less than 2400 dpi optical. The Epson 2450 has 2400 dpi optical has gets very good reviews. It's been replaced by the 3200 (3200 dpi) and is available for about 250 USD in the US. There's a comparison of the 2450 and the 3200 at: http://www.bearclover.net/epson-scanner/ And a detailed review of the 3200 at: http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/interactive/Scanners/Epson_3200/page_1 .htm
Be aware that a 3200 dpi scan of a single 35mm slide is ~40MB!
Both models are supported by SANE: http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-backends.html
HTH,
-rex -- While Linux is larger than Emacs, at least Linux has the excuse that it needs to be. -- Linus Torvalds