Hello, I have taken on a project to scan 50 old lantern slides from a Mt McKinley expedition in 1910. This is a not for profit organization I am going to be working for and they don't have ton's of cash to spend on a scanner. With that said can anyone recommend a decent flatbed scanner for scanning these images. From looking at them I can say the most important feature would be excellent highlight detail since a lot of shots have snow and bright sky. The images will eventually end up being output to film also.
At the high end I have been looking at the UMAX 3000 but it may be a bit pricey at $4300. In the midrange the Agfa T2500 looks promising at $3000. I am a little scared to go with the Microtek ArtixScan 1100 even though Microtek says it has 3.9 D-Max. For some reason I don't have faith in that brand - no past experience just rumors. What ever happened to Heidelberg or Linotype-Hell scanners. I can't find one online retailer who sells them? And their website is a mess - can't find any prices or dealer info for the US. Anyway any help with this would be appreciated. Regards, John ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
