Going nuts trying to find a scanner

[PeteWalker74]

Hey guys...

I've been looking for the past couple of weeks, and I haven't been able to find something that blows my skirt up.

I need a good scanner (nothing amazing) that has the ability to scan negatives and slides. I saw some nice ones, but they were very pricey. I could probably do something in the $200-300 range, but I can't see anything more than that. I probably can't afford something that automatically feeds in the slides, but I'd be willing to go higher for something that did.

HP has a couple of models that I found, but they were like 1-2 year old models, and nothing really jumped out at me or the people that reviewed them.

If anyone has anything that would fit my needs, I would greatly appreciate you letting me know. Thanks in advance!

 

[OPUS1]

I have an Epson perfection 2480 photo scanner.
It 's great for scanning photos and copy.
As far as negitives it's ok not great.
Your asking a large format scanner to do much when scanning negitives/slides.
If your looking to scan just negitives/slides, go for a scanner geared to just that.

 

[Zepher]

I've used a Minolta slide/neg scanner in the past and they were pretty decent, although slow when scanning at really high res.

 

[PeteWalker74]

Can you guys throw out some specific models and/or prices, so I can look into them?

I didn't want to go straight for a slide scanner, because #1 I really don't want two devices, one for scanning normal pictures, one for slides/negatives and #2 they are very pricey.

Thank you both for the replies.

 

[engiNURD]

I use an Epson Perfection 4490 PHOTO that I picked up for $150AR a year or so ago. It scans photos great. I havent tried the slide/negative scanner yet, though it looks like it would do a good job with the lid having a backlight for the adapter. I think its gettin old, so a new model should be comin out soon. For slides/negatives, I use a Minolta DiMAGE... uhm... wow, I cant remember the model #