[sane-devel] offtopic 35-mm scanner question

Martin Collins martin at mkcollins.org
Thu Oct 20 16:23:23 UTC 2005


On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 08:03:09 -0700 (PDT)
Alan Corey <alancorey at yahoo.com> wrote:

> On the other hand, because of the development cycle involved with
> open source software I've found it's often a good match with the
> used equipment market. Look over the SANE supported devices and
> research some of the models that are well-supported that do what you
> want.  Then go to eBay and look around, maybe even set up some
> searches by model number to email you when one becomes available. 
> There are other used equipment sources as well of course.

A used Nikon is a good bet. They have models with batch loaders.
Also check out vuescan at www.hamrick.com it has better support
for film scanners than sane and is good value for money.

Martin



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