[ale] OT:Recommended scanners

[Scott Castaline]

Geoffrey wrote:
> Scott Castaline wrote:
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>> Scott Castaline wrote:
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>>> Looking for a film scanner. I'd rather not get another flat bed scanner. 
>>> I can't seem to find any lower priced scanners for scanning negatives. I 
>>> have a ton of old 35mm and some negatives for the old Instamatic 126 & 
>>> 110 formats that I'd like to scan into my system. I think I can justify 
>>> the purchase to my significant other if it's not a flatbed as we already 
>>> have an all-in-one. I've been emailing with the writer of Vuescan and he 
>>> seems to push towards flat beds by Epson.
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>> One more thing, prefer Linux compatible.
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> I know you said you didn't want another flat bed, but I've got an epson 
> 4990 that comes with inserts for slides.  I've not used it a lot, but 
> the slides I've reproduced have come out well.  Works with iscan and linux.
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Can you point me in the direction of iscan? I keep coming up eye 
scanning equipment.