If the Nikon software is not compatible with Vista you can replace it with VueScan which will support the Coolscan IV under Vista.
-Adam On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Malcolm Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Yet another of the jobs to do which has never been done, is to transfer my > slide collection to a format it can be sent via the computer, rather than > the post. > > Last night I saw a Nikon Coolscan IV on eBay which was fairly local to me, > and I remembered that these were spoken of in favourable terms here. I was > about to bid and my wife asked me if it was compatible with our computer > (something I wouldn't have even thought about). Looking at the > specification, it appeared not and the Coolscan V doesn't mention Vista, > although it does say XP - so I presume it would run it. Of course, the > Coolscan V is a very different price to buy. > > I've got upwards of 3000 slides to transfer and I still take slide film, so > a decent scanner is important. > > A couple of questions. If I had bought the Coolscan IV, would I have been > able to use it with Vista, as there is such a price difference for the older > model? In 2009, is there a better alternative at a reasonable price? > > Thanks. > > Malcolm > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
