Gunner Asch wrote:
I was given an Olympus ES-10S slide scanner a few yrs ago, and never
hooked it up. Its the SCSI version, but only has the carrier for
slides, and no power supply.

So I dont have a clue if it works or not.

Ive got many thousands of slides, some of which are 2 1/4x 2 1/4...but
the vast majority are 35mm

Should I try to fire this up, or simply look for another slide scanner?

And if so..what would be a good cheap slide/negative scanner?

Anyone with personal experience with these beasties?


Thanks

Gunner


You'll probably have better luck posting this in a photography group.

Faced with a similar decision I recently discovered that the cheapo
scanners have resolution insufficient to make good scans. Film has
dynamic range way superior to the cheapo scanners.

The reviews on that scanner are favorable. If you can get your hands
on a SCSI interface and a power supply, I'd try to use it.

Be aware, according to the reviews, it takes about 15 seconds to
manually focus the image and another 80 seconds to capture it. Then
there's the load/unload/position/fuss with it time. You're looking at
two minutes
a capture times many thousands.

Faced with similar math and the reasonable expectation that I'd NEVER
view the scanned pictures anyway, I decided that it was easier to leave
the slide projector in the attic instead of donating it to goodwill.

Consider sorting the dozen pictures you really care about and take them
to a photo developer that can make a CD for you.