My searches failed to help me with past messages on this subject. I have the HP 5470c Scanner. Suddenly I cannot get just the slides in my Scan. I get slides plus the perifial XPA. Where it asks ‘What you want to scan’ I cannot get the part that includes SLIDES. Regular scans such as pictures do OK. I tried both the "Directer" and the PSE Windows "Connect to Scanner". What have I missed doing? Marty
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Try to scan with HP Precision Pro (the software that was shipped with the scanner) to see if it still offers this option. Make sure the XPA adapter (if it’s your case) is still connected firmly to the scanner.
RAY, Yes, the connection is correct and tight. Yes, I had tried via HP Precision Pro 3 and I also used the one listed as WIA – HP ….54… I’ve lost track of all I tried but just in case, I think I’ll try reinstalling the software (after I go to a luncheon and shop…) I’m not off your back yet, Ray, see you later. Marty
When you scan with HP Pro, you need to tell it you’re scanning a slide (top right corner if I remember correctly). Done that ? Sorry if it’s obvious, but at times, I do make that mistake myself.
Braun is to introduce a slide scanner, the Paximat Multimag SlideScan 3600, which accepts six different 35mm transparency projector magazines, allowing rapid bulk scanning of collections of images.
This might be a solution for those who want to archive their family slides.
Remember that if you have a Nikon CP 990 or 950, that you can scan all your slides with the Happenstance $40 attachment using your Macro setting. It works wonders. I will give you more info and examples if you have one of the above cameras. Jane
RAY, Yes, going to the "Scan" at top Left was one of my mistakes but I uninstalled and reinstalled anyway. Thanks for your help. This 5470c is much better than the 45… I haven’t compared but doubt if they are nearly as good as the Projector’s view. LEEN, No doubt that new scanner will be umteen dollars. I’ll pass most of the slides on to the kids and let them figure it out. Hopefully, by that time the slide scanners will be priced better. Marty
This is my first attempt to post in this forum, so I am not sure where it will appear in the list of messages. I am trying to post a reply to Jane Carter’s post about the Nikon slide copier attachment. (My experience is more in usenet newsgroups, where I have been viewing the forum messages.) I posted the following link, which I thought might be relevant, to the usenet group. Then I realized that those posts do not appear in the forum. Anyway, here is a web page of possible interest, with a quality comparison of some techniques to achieve a digital image of a slide:
OLDN, Thanks for the web address for comparing scanners for slides. I see that I have one of the lesser qualities…HP 5470c. I’ll limit my slide work to only the best and most important then let the next generation use the "soon to be" much better scanners. Hope you stay around this PSE forum! Marty
Those flatbed "specs" are formulated by the marketing departments, not engineering (as with all scanners). There is no industry standard for measuring dynamic range, dmax, dmin, etc.
While the Epson 2450/2400/3200 certainly are the leading flatbeds for film scanning, a 300 buck dedicated film scanner like the Minolta III will still put them to shame for 35mm.
For MF and larger film, they are the only practical solution however (and really do shine on the larger film sizes).
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