P3D Re: First Report on HP S20 Scanner

[Dan Wenz <djwenz@xxxxxxxx>]

Steve Berezin wrote:

> I recently bought a HP S20 slide scanner for scanning stereo and
> panoramic slides.  Although it scans panoramic strips and 35mm slides OK
> I was disappointed in using it for stereo slides for a couple reasons.
> The first is that it does not take any mount thicker than a cardboard
> mount.  RBTs and EMDEs are way too thick.  Also when a stereo slide was
> inserted significant rotational error was introduced.  It was pretty
> easy to take care of it with the supplied software but it was
> unpredictable and more irritatingly differed from the preview mode.
> Perhaps someone has found a way to get around this?
>
> Does anyone know of a scanner that will work with glass mounted slides,
> also do panoramic, and have Digital ICE (dust removal subroutine)?  That
> is my wish list :-)
>

WOW, please keep us informed, as I'm undergoing the same effort, monitoring
a scanner mail list and two scanner news groups. They're good for helping
with the decision as to which scanner to buy (Most bang for the buck), but
after the decision is made on a couple of different scanners, one then need
to ask the list whether the scanner will accommodate whatever slide(s) you
wish to work with. www.scantips.com is a good scanner info. site to go to
for a lot of how-to information. I have other bookmarked sites for various
scanner reviews and how-to (unorganized) information for anyone interested.