P3D Slide Scanner Attachment for Flatbed Scanners

[Jonathan Gross <jonathan.gross@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For those who already own a flatbed scanner, but would like to scan
stereo slides, I just saw a very clever device being offered by HP.  The
HP slide Adapter (PN C6260-67700) sells separately for $24.95 and
consists of a small, hollow plastic pyramid that is placed over a slide
on top of the flatbed of a scanner.  This adapter, which is wider than a
2X2 slide and has polished aluminum reflectors on the insides of the
pyramid, passively reflects light back down through the slide for
detection by the scanner as if it were opaque.  Although this limits the
resolution of the scan to the optical resolution of the flatbed flatbed
scanner used, the resolution may be adequate for the 2D imaging of
slides for cataloging, etc.

Jon Gross



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