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1 Slide Scanners
2 Bit Depth
3 Color Accuracy
... Sharpness
... Focusing
... Speed
... Drivers
... Set-up
... The Bundle
4 Prices Affordable Slide Scanners

by D'Lynn Waldron, PhD. ©1999

Affordable flatbed scanners cannot produce good quality scans from 35 mm film and slides; for that you need a dedicated slide scanner.

... All slide scanners can scan slides and strip film, negative and positive. Some have optional attachments to handle APS film cassettes.
... The lowest priced slide scanner on the market is the Olympus ES-10, which is excellent value at under $400. The ES-10 does a very adequate job for Web images, multi-media, source material for computer art, and for product images for printed catalogues.
... I have just tested the Olympus ES-10. I have already extensively tested the Nikon LS-2000. I own a Nikon LS-1000. In the past I had a 48 bit Leafscan (which is no longer on the market.) I have not tested the new Nikon LS-30 Coolscan III, or any of the other slide scanners on the market.
... The images produced by the Nikon LS-1000 and the newer Nikon LS-2000 are virtually identical if you do not use the LS-2000's excellent Digital Ice defect removal technology (which is also in the Coolscan III) .
... I will compare the images from my LS-1000 with the Olympus ES-10, and make reference to scans of the same slides I made in the past with the extremely high-end 48 bit Leafscan film scanner.

Next: Resolution and Bit Depth

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1 Slide Scanners 2 Bit Depth 3 Color Accuracy ... Sharpness ... Focusing ... Speed ... Drivers ... Set-up ... The Bundle 4 Prices	Affordable Slide Scanners by D'Lynn Waldron, PhD. ©1999 Affordable flatbed scanners cannot produce good quality scans from 35 mm film and slides; for that you need a dedicated slide scanner. ... All slide scanners can scan slides and strip film, negative and positive. Some have optional attachments to handle APS film cassettes. ... The lowest priced slide scanner on the market is the Olympus ES-10, which is excellent value at under $400. The ES-10 does a very adequate job for Web images, multi-media, source material for computer art, and for product images for printed catalogues. ... I have just tested the Olympus ES-10. I have already extensively tested the Nikon LS-2000. I own a Nikon LS-1000. In the past I had a 48 bit Leafscan (which is no longer on the market.) I have not tested the new Nikon LS-30 Coolscan III, or any of the other slide scanners on the market. ... The images produced by the Nikon LS-1000 and the newer Nikon LS-2000 are virtually identical if you do not use the LS-2000's excellent Digital Ice defect removal technology (which is also in the Coolscan III) . ... I will compare the images from my LS-1000 with the Olympus ES-10, and make reference to scans of the same slides I made in the past with the extremely high-end 48 bit Leafscan film scanner. Next: Resolution and Bit Depth
D'Lynn http://home.earthlink.net/~lwaldron/ D'Lynn Waldron THE IMAGE PERFECTED copyright 1999 Please note: these articles are accompanied by very large graphics. In order to let you enjoy the full picture we've produced down-sized thumbnails that, when clicked, will open the full image in a separate browser window. Once loaded, you can scale that window as a reference to the article window for reference -- and close it when finished with the article. Thank you for your patience. Got a hot news item or great product? Send your suggestions and leads to D'Lynn ... don't forget: this is a reader-driven web site. Thank you for visiting D'Lynn Waldron's "Industry Insider" in The Design & Publishing Center , http://www.graphic-design.com/Waldron/ All content Copyright 1998 on behalf of D'Lynn Waldron, by The Design & Publishing Center, all rights reserved. Contact The Design Center design team for web page critique, makeover clinics, or website design, production and hosting. Products mentioned in D'Lynn's columns are the exclusive Registered Trademarks for their respective ownders. All Rights Reserved.