For the resolution you suggest you need (screen or monitor resolution
for email and cyberspace (I assume you mean web pages and the like) and
the duty cycle you state (about 10 images a month) the scanner you
indicate below will be more than adequate. It uses a fast SCSI
interface, which your system should support, your system should provide
the necessary resources, as well. You might find the software that
comes with the scanner wanting, in which case you may wish to consider
Ed Hamrick's Vuescan fro $40 US (a downloadable test version is
available via his website).
I will mention that both Kodachrome and true B&W films have dense darker
areas, so shadow noise is a potential problem with any 35mm scanner, and
one to watch for on the 2710.
Art
"Dale R. Reed" wrote:
>
> Got question.
>
> I use a couple Leica M6 manual 35mm rangefinder cameras to take color and
> black and white slides. I use ISO/200 Kodachome and SCALA films that I buy
> along with mailers from B&H in New York.
>
> My computer is 1.5 year old, Windows 98, 450Mz PIII, 256M RAM, and lots of
> free hard drive space.
>
> I want to scan maybe ten slides a month. My main purpose will be to
> "publish" the digitized photographs as attachments to e-mails or simply file
> them one place or another in cyberspace.
>
> What do you folks think of this scanner and price for my purposes. Should
> I add a USB port to my computer? Thanks for the advice. Dale
>
>
> Home < Digital Photography < Scanners < Scanners & Accessories < Scanners <
> Film Scanners
> Canon Canoscan FS-2710 2720 dpi 35mm/APS Film Scanner
> Mfg Catalog # C572011
> B&H Catalog # CA2710
> Our Price: $399.95
> Availability: In Stock
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> $ dale-reed@worldnet.att.net Seattle, Washington USA $
