Re: [photo-3d] Scanning slides

["Dan Shelley" <dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>One of the UMAXs here at work was purchased with a "transparency adaptor".
>This is an alterate platen cover with a light bulb in it. This sounds very 
>much like a "light lid".

This is in fact a similar device, and I bought a $200 or so UMAX one back 
when I first got the UMAX scanner. I was VERY dissapointed with the results. 
The problem was not the "light lid", but the scanners inability to read the 
slide data correctly. This is what I was trying to point out about the 
Microtek one - it is built to better handle transparencies.

>The only question is how good the depth of focus is on the scanner.

I have scanned items that were as much as 3 " off the glass with no 
problems. I have not tested to see how far I can stretch that.

Dan
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