Digital BW, The Print

Hello:

I am researching film/slide scanners for use in a classroom/lab 
for photojurnalism. The school took out the wet lab and replaced 
it with a 16-station G4 Mac lab as a step toward going all digital. 
However, we cannot expect college students to be able to afford 
a digital camera with manual controls. I 'd rather they learned on 
a manual film camera and scanned the film. However, no film 
scanners in the lab yet.  The machines are running on Mac OS X 
with Photoshop 7. I'd like to buy about eight film scanners (one 
for every two workstations). I've used both the Nikon and Canon 
scanners. If I had unlimited budget, I'd get the Nikon, but we can 
only afford about four. I've looked at the Minolta Scan Dual III and 
it seems like a great deal at around $280. Not sure it will hold up 
very well in a university setting. 

Anyone used the Minolta Scan Dual III? Feedback greatly 
appreciated.

Thanks,

Joel

Hi Joel-

Where do you teach?

We have a similar problem, currently using 4000 dpi Polaroid 
Sprintscan 35mm and Epson 2450's (2400 dpi for 35, 120 and 4x5). The 
2450 is not equal to the 4000 dpi Polaroid or Nikon, but not too 
shabby on 35 if you don't need 13x19 or bigger. It also allows batch 
scanning 12 frames 35mm at once. The Silverfast software is great for 
color negs.

It is about to be replaced in January by a 3200 dpi version that 
should do the trick. Claimed to be much faster too, which makes a 
difference with multiple users. Probably $500 though.

Bruce





At 8:00 PM +0000 11/29/02, Joel Beeson wrote:
>Hello:
>
>I am researching film/slide scanners for use in a classroom/lab
>for photojurnalism. The school took out the wet lab and replaced
>it with a 16-station G4 Mac lab as a step toward going all digital.
>However, we cannot expect college students to be able to afford
>a digital camera with manual controls. I 'd rather they learned on
>a manual film camera and scanned the film. However, no film
>scanners in the lab yet.  The machines are running on Mac OS X
>with Photoshop 7. I'd like to buy about eight film scanners (one
>for every two workstations). I've used both the Nikon and Canon
>scanners. If I had unlimited budget, I'd get the Nikon, but we can
>only afford about four. I've looked at the Minolta Scan Dual III and
>it seems like a great deal at around $280. Not sure it will hold up
>very well in a university setting.
>
>Anyone used the Minolta Scan Dual III? Feedback greatly
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Joel
>
>
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Bruce C. Kinch
Associate Professor of Photography
The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University

Joel,
I have a Nikon Super Cool  Scan 2700 dpi for sale for $350. I know they  
are sold on ebay as well. It is the older model, but an excellent  
scanner. It is SCSI, so you might need an adapter if you don't have  
SCSI in the G4.
trish
On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 12:00 PM, Joel Beeson wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I am researching film/slide scanners for use in a classroom/lab
> for photojurnalism. The school took out the wet lab and replaced
> it with a 16-station G4 Mac lab as a step toward going all digital.
> However, we cannot expect college students to be able to afford
> a digital camera with manual controls. I 'd rather they learned on
> a manual film camera and scanned the film. However, no film
> scanners in the lab yet.  The machines are running on Mac OS X
> with Photoshop 7. I'd like to buy about eight film scanners (one
> for every two workstations). I've used both the Nikon and Canon
> scanners. If I had unlimited budget, I'd get the Nikon, but we can
> only afford about four. I've looked at the Minolta Scan Dual III and
> it seems like a great deal at around $280. Not sure it will hold up
> very well in a university setting.
>
> Anyone used the Minolta Scan Dual III? Feedback greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joel
>
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