>I noticed Agfa is advertising a flatbed scanner with a separate "glass
>drawer" for transparencies (ca. $700). Has anyone used such a scaner for
>slides.? I am interested because besides my Olympus slides I also have 6x6
>slides from my Rollei which I would occasionally like to scan and
>incorporate in a newsletter or publication. How is the quality compared to
>the dedicated slide scanners (Olympus ES10, Minolta, Nikon etc.)?
>What else do I need to get from the transparency to my MS Word 5.1 text (on
>older Macintosh LC 575)? Adobe Photoshop? Does anyone have an older
>version of Adobe Photoshop for the Mac which they want to sell (new
>vewrsion to big for my Mac)? Thanks for your ideas,
>Jan
These are only 600 dpi which is adequate for web and small prints only.
Slide scanners are either 1900 or 2700 dpi (the smaller number is the only
one that counts) and will give you "photo quality" 8x10s from 35mm. I can
get about 6x6" photo quality from 6x6 chromes off my Microtek Scanmaker 4
flatbed ($650, very happy with it) but don't even bother trying with 35mm.
Any scanner you buy these days comes bundled with a limited version of
Photoshop 4 that should fit your machine.
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