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    From geoff@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 8 12:08:40 2022
    Anybody know if this is worthwile as a convenient 'casual-level' scanner
    (ie not for serious work). Or just a toy POS ?

    If the latter, better recommendations for live pos and neg evaluation ?

    https://mirabes.com/products/film-and-slide-scanner?fbclid=IwAR3XSP2QyHIorelssLXhJnwflhvmIY0xa13pVnRlkA9x7FQbVXGqgDvtVF8

    geoff

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  • From geoff@21:1/5 to geoff on Thu Dec 8 12:15:39 2022
    On 8/12/2022 12:08 pm, geoff wrote:
    Anybody know if this is worthwile as a convenient 'casual-level' scanner
    (ie not for serious work). Or just a toy POS ?

    If the latter, better recommendations for live pos and neg evaluation ?

    https://mirabes.com/products/film-and-slide-scanner?fbclid=IwAR3XSP2QyHIorelssLXhJnwflhvmIY0xa13pVnRlkA9x7FQbVXGqgDvtVF8

    geoff

    Or is this a counterfeit knock-off of the Kodak 'Slide N Scan'.

    geoff

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  • From Magani@21:1/5 to geoff on Wed Dec 7 17:08:30 2022
    On Thursday, 8 December 2022 at 9:08:52 am UTC+10, geoff wrote:
    Anybody know if this is worthwile as a convenient 'casual-level' scanner
    (ie not for serious work). Or just a toy POS ?

    If the latter, better recommendations for live pos and neg evaluation ?

    https://mirabes.com/products/film-and-slide-scanner?fbclid=IwAR3XSP2QyHIorelssLXhJnwflhvmIY0xa13pVnRlkA9x7FQbVXGqgDvtVF8

    geoff

    I haven't tried that particular one, but a lot of those type scanners don't seem to produce results that warrant the purchase.
    I ended up getting an Epson V700 that is a flatbed, but also has a slide facility in the lid (you load 12(?) slides onto a carrier) and from memory they end up being scanned at about 4800dpi (my last slide session was a while ago so I could be wrong
    there).

    Not cheap, but is still going strong after about 8 years. One downside - I seem to have to to use Epson's software as it doesn't want to talk TWAIN to Win 10 Pro. Their s/ware is OK, but I like to keep options open.

    Hope that helps.
    Cheers,
    Magani

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  • From Carlos E.R.@21:1/5 to geoff on Thu Dec 8 01:32:16 2022
    On 2022-12-08 00:08, geoff wrote:
    Anybody know if this is worthwile as a convenient 'casual-level' scanner
    (ie not for serious work). Or just a toy POS ?

    If the latter, better recommendations for live pos and neg evaluation ?

    https://mirabes.com/products/film-and-slide-scanner?fbclid=IwAR3XSP2QyHIorelssLXhJnwflhvmIY0xa13pVnRlkA9x7FQbVXGqgDvtVF8

    What are the specs? Specifically, the pixel count, horizontal*vertical.
    It is apparently 13 MP, which makes it similar to mine (2994*4416 for
    35mm film, Reflecta x7-Scan (no longer sold)).

    It is then a quick and cheap scanner. Enough for looking at the photos,
    but not for archival. Better than others, though, that have half that resolution or less. I have not seen better than 13MP yet, which I find surprising.

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    Cheers, Carlos.

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  • From geoff@21:1/5 to Carlos E.R. on Thu Dec 8 14:32:35 2022
    On 8/12/2022 1:32 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    On 2022-12-08 00:08, geoff wrote:
    Anybody know if this is worthwile as a convenient 'casual-level'
    scanner (ie not for serious work). Or just a toy POS ?

    If the latter, better recommendations for live pos and neg evaluation ?

    https://mirabes.com/products/film-and-slide-scanner?fbclid=IwAR3XSP2QyHIorelssLXhJnwflhvmIY0xa13pVnRlkA9x7FQbVXGqgDvtVF8

    What are the specs? Specifically, the pixel count, horizontal*vertical.
    It is apparently 13 MP, which makes it similar to mine (2994*4416 for
    35mm film, Reflecta x7-Scan (no longer sold)).

    It is then a quick and cheap scanner. Enough for looking at the photos,
    but not for archival. Better than others, though, that have half that resolution or less. I have not seen better than 13MP yet, which I find surprising.


    If it is in fact an unbranded Kodak Slide N Scan then res =
    "Image Sensor: 14.0 megapixels (4320x3252) 1/2.33′′ CMOS sensor."

    Or is it a rip-off of the Kodak, with slightly lesser specs, and/or very
    lesser performance ?

    I do have a Coolscan for the 'real thing'.

    geoff

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  • From geoff@21:1/5 to Magani on Fri Dec 9 19:40:15 2022
    On 8/12/2022 2:08 pm, Magani wrote:
    On Thursday, 8 December 2022 at 9:08:52 am UTC+10, geoff wrote:
    Anybody know if this is worthwile as a convenient 'casual-level' scanner
    (ie not for serious work). Or just a toy POS ?

    If the latter, better recommendations for live pos and neg evaluation ?

    https://mirabes.com/products/film-and-slide-scanner?fbclid=IwAR3XSP2QyHIorelssLXhJnwflhvmIY0xa13pVnRlkA9x7FQbVXGqgDvtVF8

    geoff

    I haven't tried that particular one, but a lot of those type scanners don't seem to produce results that warrant the purchase.
    I ended up getting an Epson V700 that is a flatbed, but also has a slide facility in the lid (you load 12(?) slides onto a carrier) and from memory they end up being scanned at about 4800dpi (my last slide session was a while ago so I could be wrong
    there).

    Not cheap, but is still going strong after about 8 years. One downside - I seem to have to to use Epson's software as it doesn't want to talk TWAIN to Win 10 Pro. Their s/ware is OK, but I like to keep options open.

    Hope that helps.
    Cheers,
    Magani

    Thanks for the answers so far, but do any of the people here who
    apparently know everything about everything have an opinion on this
    scanner (esp. wrt the Kodak connection) ?

    geoff

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