On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, Joel Gomberg wrote:
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:45:03 -0700 From: Joel Gomberg obligor11-fedora@yahoo.com To: Itay Furman itayf@u.washington.edu, For users of Fedora Core releases fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: OT: linux-friendly _slide_ scanner
Itay Furman wrote:
I am interested in buying a slide scanner. If I could control this device from linux (Fedora :-) instead of quitting linux and visiting windows, this would be a _major_ advantage. A print scanner that supports scanning slides/negatives with high quality will also be a good option.
I have used a Nikon CoolScan V (LS-50) with FC3, but it only works with Vuescan, a commercial software product available at www.hamrick.com. The cost is roughly $50 -- more for a version with more bells and whistles. Nikon does not support Linux and AFAIK there is no open source software that works with Nikon slide scanners. The Vuescan web site has a list of the hundreds of scanners it supports. You can download a free trial version.
Thanks! This is encouraging.
Itay
-- Joel
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