Hello Julie, From what I read, it only scans in slide negatives. Regards George in Rochester NY Luck is when preparation meets opportunity! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Marriott" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 4:04 AM Subject: RE: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners Hello Bob I read your mail with interest. I have some black and white negatives from the 1940's and 1950's which I would love to be able to scan into my computer. They are about 3.5" x 2.5" (9cm x7cm approx). Most of the scanners I have looked at would only handle 35mm film or were prohibitively expensive. Could you confirm whether this scanner would enable me to scan the above negatives? If not does someone know of one that is reasonably priced which would allow me to scan these negatives in? Regards Julie -----Original Message----- From: Bob Battaglia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 14 February 2004 20:09 To: [email protected] Subject: [SP] Re: Film & Slide Scanners At 10:22 AM 2/14/2004, you wrote: >Hello Bob >I believe that responding privately defeats the purpose of the list. I >for one, am glad to see people make their recommendations public. That is >what helps get the conversations going Thanks for your thoughts. I have sent several private answers already, but probably should have gone ahead and listed it here to start with. So here it is: The model I have is an Epson Perfection 3170 Photo. I got it at Best Buy for about $190. It scans documents, black & white negatives and 35mm color slides. The software with it is great and it includes Adobe Elements PhotoShop 2 - if you want to touch up. I really haven't used Adobe, the slides came thru without need for touch-ups. There are other scanners on the market, but this one works great and is priced right. You can read more about it on the Epson Scanner site at http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=ye s&oid=35836301 I also bought a 2.0 USB card with 3 plug-in slots since my computer came with the 1.0 USB. It works either way, the 2.0 increases speed a little. I have been waiting for the Epson printer, R300. It is a six color printer that says that it prints labels on "ink jet printable" CD's. Retail is about $180. It is sold out all over the country. My order at OfficeMax is 5 weeks old now. The Epson website store is also out. Everyone is waiting for re-supply. Makes me wonder if there was a problem with it and they are re-tooling something. Epson responded to my email, stating they were just sold out and the retail outlets would get re-suppy before the Epson on-line store. See at http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=ye s&oid=37472318 Hope this helps. These are my thoughts and not a commercial.