Scanners

[~Yuckfou~]

I'm thinking of buying a Mustek Bearpaw 2448TA Plus from here here.
All I need it to do is scan some old 5 x 7 snapshots to a reasonable standard.
They are our local "offline" shop so convenient if it all goes fubar.
Any comments on the scanner?

I did notice in Tescos last night that they had some HP all in one machines for <£100 that seemed reasonable too.

 

[Lazarus]

Yuck,

to me (and Im no expert) one is much the same as another.

Ive had me old scanner for yers and still does the job. As long as you have a decent software package (i.e. Photoshop) then you should be ok

 

[Shovel]

I have a fairly cheap Canon model - I think renamed LiDE 40 these days. It was around £70, extremely slimline, powered off the USB port, fairly quick and comes with a vertical mounting stand/bracket.

Quality is good, probably nothing outstanding, but still very good.

 

[~Yuckfou~]

I have a fairly cheap Canon model - I think renamed LiDE 40 these days. It was around £70, extremely slimline, powered off the USB port, fairly quick and comes with a vertical mounting stand/bracket.

Quality is good, probably nothing outstanding, but still very good.

I saw those in Staples the other day, I was impressed at the slim design.

OK think I'll just toss a coin

 

[phlash]

If it's just some photos and you have the negatives.. you can of course have 'em processed onto CD at any decent photo processing outlet - they'll have a seriously expensive scanner too

Phil.