P3D Scanner info

[Ronald Beck <ronald-beck@xxxxxx>]

Hello all, 

First, this is cross-posted on P3D.  However, please direct replies to
SD-3D as I expect the discussion to get technical in nature.

I am contemplating the purchase of a scanner to be used, in part, to
scan slides.  I am interested in the following two scanners.

The first scanner I'm looking at is a Microtek Scanmaker X6EL  It's a 36
bit scanner with a film/slide adapter.  The adapter looks like a light
bar that plugs into the scanner.  You (probably) place your film/slides
on the scanner bed and then cover them with this unit.  You can see the
item at...

http://www.buy.com/bc/noframes/product.asp?sku=253204&mscssid=FMP1E2SJNGS12NCN000CM9C9KN55BWW8

Make sure this is all on one line for your browser to find it properly.

The second scanner that caught my eye is the Acerscan 620ST.  It too is
a 36 bit scanner (600 x 1200) with the transparency option (slides &
negs) built in.  You can see the info on this scanner at...

http://www.buy.com/bc/noframes/product.asp?sku=788946&mscssid=FMP1E2SJNGS12NCN000CM9C9KN55BWW8

The Microtek is $203.99 and the Acerscan is $166.95.  Both are SCSI
compatible which is fine as I have a SCSI card already installed in my
system (although the Acerscan comes with one!).

Does anyone have any experiences with either of these?  I have not seen
either at my local MicroCenter/CompUSA/<generic computer store> to
really review it.  I kinda like the idea of the Acerscan because the
transparency option is built in.

Any info you can pass on would be greatly appreciated.  I'm still
scanning for any reports I can find on either of these.  If either has
already been talked about here, please point me to the archives.  I
don't recall these specific models though.  Of course, I am over 40 so
my memory is starting to deteriorate :-)

TIA,
Ron


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