P3D Re: Flat bed scanners and slides.

[Gabriel Jacob <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Carels writes,

>Awhile back I posted an inquiry about scanning slides with a flat bed
>scanner. I was not having any success using the Microtec scanner that I
>had despite their claim to be able to process slides.  This last
>Saturday I purchased a Plustek OpticPro ($119)
>( http://www.plustekusa.com/scanners/9636T.html )  with which I have had
>great success.  Thought I would pass this along for anyone interested.

Thanks for that info! Plustek makes very good inexpensive flatbeds indeed.
I am a repeat customer of their products. Soon after getting a newer non-
slide model I saw the slide version but was leery on trying it out. At the
time it was going for $180, but about a month ago, it has dropped to $120
(or $180 Canadian) here in Canada also . For those in Canada, I saw it at
Future Shop. 

Presently I'm getting very good results converting slides using a 1280x960
digital camera. Although a scanner would probably be much easier.

Gabriel