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Julian Hall wrote: >> > Hi Neil, > > I use an Epson Perfection V200 Photo. It's a flatbed scanner with a > separate frame that will either hold 6 slides at once, or flipped the > other way round, 6 negatives on a strip. > > Unfortunately they are no longer sold (at least not by Ebuyer) but they > should be available on the likes of Ebay. > > This software seems to do the job for normal and photo scanning - > unknown if it's Open Source or not:- > http://www.avasys.jp/lx-bin2/linux_e/scan/DL1.do > > TBH I'm not convinced a camera based slide copier is a quicker *or* more > reliable solution as a) you can only scan one slide at a time and b) > you're wholly reliant on ambient light levels in the location you are > talking the pictures being consistent. A flatbed with a negative/slide > copier is a much better solution IMHO. > > Kind regards, > > Julian > Thanks for the info. I will look at costs of a slide copier for my Canon and also at the prices of scanners which will do slices. I do have a very old scanner but it is no use any more. It requires Windows 98 would you believe! Shows just how old it is. Thanks Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html