On Mar 30, 7:49*am, "Don White" wrote:
"TheRealSteve" wrote in message

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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:00:31 -0300, "Don White"
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"TheRealSteve" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:29:44 -0300, "Don White"
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My buddy from the BVI and I were talking about all the old 35mm slides
and
negatives we have from the good 'ole days. * We both decided we need a
scanner so we can share old pictures with family & friends.
He lives on a 32' sailboat on Tortola so a smaller dedicated unit might
suit
him.
I have the room... and will have other uses, like copying documents
(seem
to
do this a lot for moms affairs) so I ordered a Canon CanoScan CS8800F
from
FutureShop at a sale price of $199.99 CDN.
Anyone have any experience scanning their old film/slides over to
digital?
Here's the unit..
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...0665000FS10094...
Note: *the sale price expired yesterday.

I have one of these:
http://nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/...m-Scanners/923....
and the results are stunning. *The software really works well also,
getting rid of scratches, grain, etc. *But it really slows down
scanning time from maybe 40 seconds per shot to maybe 1-2 minutes per
shot if you have to do a lot of software processing/correction of bad
film.

Steve

Sounds like a quality unit..although a bit pricey at $600.00. (acording to
one site)

You can get them used in excellent condition for half that. *People
buy one, scan in all their negatives and don't generate anymore so
there's nothing left to scan. *Then they sell it.

Steve

That's one of the reasons I bought the Canon CS8800F flatbed scanner.
It's versatile...I'll be using it off & on for years... and at $200.00 CDN
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Tell me how it works out Don.