The Nikon Coolscan IV ED... I found one used about two years ago for
around $235 and have been using it since. Excellent scanner. It
connects to your system with a USB 2.0 interface.
I don't use Nikon's provided software. I use Ed Hamrick's VueScan to
drive it, and I know VueScan is available in a Vista compatible version:
http://www.hamrick.com/
Ed rates the Coolscan IV very highly. It's probably as good as you can
get without buying the Super Coolscan IV or V models.
Godfrey
On Jan 6, 2009, at 10:59 PM, Malcolm Smith 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?
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