Scanners ???

[dseered]

Goig to buy a scanner for my computer, mainly to keep me occupied tommorrow when everyone else is getting bored to tears with the family !!

I have got hundreds of old photos that I would like to get onto my Mac, I saw one in Comet or Dixons can never remeber which one it is, anyways, it was reduced from £66-£33 ish so looked quite good, what should I be looking out for ????

 

[Gizmo]

Goig to buy a scanner for my computer, mainly to keep me occupied tommorrow when everyone else is getting bored to tears with the family !!

I have got hundreds of old photos that I would like to get onto my Mac, I saw one in Comet or Dixons can never remeber which one it is, anyways, it was reduced from £66-£33 ish so looked quite good, what should I be looking out for ????

make sure its mac oSX compatible, some aren't and you won't be able to get mac drivers easily or cheaply.

 

[dseered]

Good point, that is something that me being a hungover dooofus would have overlooked, I think it was a Xerox one and seemed to be a good deal !

I will check before I buy, look out for some really bad pics !

 

[Scottch]

I've got one of these HP all-in-one thingies in the house, has a document feeder too - would imagine you might be able to make it scan several photo's via the document feeder in one go - but never tried it tbh.

Also, dunno if it's mac compatible either - but if you've got loads of photo's to scan I think it would be a great addition to have one that could feed them itself, saves you doing it.

You could just set it up and have a few bevvies while it's working away!

Cheers!

Scott

 

[Derek]

Scott,
I've got a Canon Lide 30. Cost about £50, is powered by the USB socket, is Mac compatible, comes with standalone software and a Photoshop plug-in and I can highly recommend it.

 

[dseered]

Oh well, bit more than I wanted to pay I ended up with one of these !

http://www.canon.co.uk/for_home/product_finder/scanners/flatbed_with_film_scanning/lide_80/index.asp

Now then what do I do first, wrap presents or play with new toy, no brainer really !

 

[dseered]

Look out for some real bad photos later !

 

[Scottch]

Now then what do I do first, wrap presents or play with new toy, no brainer really !

Plastic bags do sometime offend at Xmas mate

 

[Derek]

Oh well, bit more than I wanted to pay I ended up with one of these !

http://www.canon.co.uk/for_home/product_finder/scanners/flatbed_with_film_scanning/lide_80/index.asp

Now then what do I do first, wrap presents or play with new toy, no brainer really !

Congrats! That's areally cracking scanner. Film capable Too! Go and play with it

 

[dseered]

Software wouldn't play though, just hooked it up and PS found it so happy days, I will have another go at some point, scanning loads of old pics, lots of fun, I don't half look a cock though !