[Nobody]

I'd like to scan 35 mm slides and prints onto my iMac 500 (384 MB memory) and then burn them onto CDs....Can anyone tell me how long each slide will take to scan using a USB scanner...is buying a firewire scanner worthwhile...how much faster will firewire scanner be? I have 1500 slides to scan, so speed is important...thanks.

[Nobody]

The FireWire scanner will certainly be faster. Is it worth the extra expense? That's hard to say but IMO, FW anything is a better choice than USB.

If speed is really important, definitely make sure your selected scanner has auto feeder and batch options.

[Nobody]

Philbert,
Thanks for your reply...I agree, Firewire is great...do you have any idea how long one "scan" would take, either on USB or Firewire?

[Nobody]

I just bought a Nikon Coolscan IV. It has a USB interface. 8 bit scans without digital ice take about 1 minute. 12 bit scans without digital ice take about 2 minutes. Using digital ice in either mode adds another 30 seconds.

I knew when I bought the scanner the only disadvantage was the USB interface. If I came up with another $500 I could have bought the firewire Nikon model.

However, the time it takes to scan is more than made up the quality of the scans - which are top notch.

[gudmaps]

Hi,

I saw this post and have a canoscan 8800.
Need to scan old family 35mm slides to view and preserve.
Would like to have option to print at 4x6 and be able to do slide shows on computer and tv and post to internet.
I am very new to this.

What is your advice to the best way to do this?
Settings? dpi, pixels, i am a little confused.
Do not need to get things perfect.

Using Photostudio - Advanced - What settings are the best?
Input - I put color positive film
film size - 35mm mount
mode - color

Output settings
Output resolution - 300dpi
Output settings 4x6 landscape
Data size comes out to 6.17mb

Auto tone - on
unsharp mask - on
remove dust and scratches -low
fading correction - none
grain correction - none
backlight correction - none

I also recieved photoshop elements 4.0 for the mac and have a new imac 24inch. Is it better to use the photoshop elements? Is it better to use iPhoto?

[albloom]

An autofeeder can be pricey. You might instead look for a feature that is on
Leslye's old UMax (firewire-400): a template that holds a dozen or so slides with
driver software that knows to break the scan into separate images.

An important thing to know is that "just" and "scan" should never appear in the
same sentence. Digital Ice technology helps and iPhoto is easy, but nothing beats
PhotoShop in the not-so-humble opinion of my live-in graphics expert.