Re: Film scanners?

**Pat Meadows p*@meadows.pair.com**

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:07:06 -0600, you wrote:

>Since we're talking digital a lot lately, I'm wondering what those of you
>who are staying with film use to get your images into a digital format 
>(for representation on a Web site, etc.).
>
>I've been using the same HP Photosmart film scanner for about seven years
>now.  It's served me well -- I've scanned close to 10,000 slides with it,
>but I'm starting to notice more and more artifacts in my scans, the colors
>are off, and it's kind of slow.  Usually the scans end up at a fraction of
>the slide's original quality, which is really frustrating.
>
>What do you recommend for slide scanning?  What do you think of batch 
>loaders?

Alternatively, don't most developers now offer you photos on
a CD, as well as the prints (or slides)?

I know they do for prints, but I haven't taken slide film in
quite a while so I'm not sure about slides.

Pat
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