Can anyone recommend a good scanner that does pix & negatives?

[Gold Metal Flake]

I like a flatbed for scanning pages from magazines, but also need to scan piles of photographs and negatives. Decent software bundle preferable. For a PC. My old Plustek OptiPro 9630P ain't cutting it anymore. :-(

Any suggestions?


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[Gold Metal Flake]

1. Sorry, but I need some guidance on this.

I've not looked at scanner technology since I bought this last one eight years ago.

[Kali]

2. I have an Epson 1670

its supposed to do negs, but I haven't ever got around to trying yet. I don't know much about them - it works for me? It was a consumer reports best buy and I spent about 50 bucks with the mail in rebate.


It came with a text reading program that I found amazing - sort of like magic - it learns from its mitakes - howd they do dat?

[Gold Metal Flake]

4. I'll look into that, thanks!

OCR is definitely a useful tool, especially when I can scan magazine text.

[Coventina]

6. I have an Epson Perfection 3170 Photo

I absolutely LOVE it!!!

My husband got it for me for Christmas. It does negatives and slides. It comes with adapters for both. I haven't used it for negatives yet. I don't know if I'll ever need it for that. But the slide adapter is GREAT!

:thumbsup:

[China_cat]

7. I have that one, too

and I HAVE used it for negatives. It works great. This is a really good scanner that won't bust the bank.

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3. Maybe take a look at the Nikon Coolscan line.

[Gold Metal Flake]

5. I'll check it out. Thanks1