While the discussion on this topic has focused on the merits of digital
archiving, etc., a couple of people have touched on a more relevant issue. The
original issue was the the slides scanned with the HP were of disappointing quality.
The general problem is that inexpensive scanners tend to have trouble with
dark/dense slides. The "DMAX" (density) rating of a scanner is supposed to help
identify a scanner's capabilities in this area.
Basically, if possible, I'd strongly suggest a different scanner. My old
Minolta Dimage scanner (~$400 US) had a lot of trouble with slides. (It was
excellent with negatives.) It did much better with extreme multi-passing using
Viewscan, but that naturally increased the scan time such that it would be
impractical to scan a large number of slides.
My Nikon Coolscan IV ED (~$800 US) is much better with slides and produces
excellent results without multi-scanning.
-Dick Locke
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