OT: linux-friendly _slide_ scanner

[Itay Furman]

On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, Joel Gomberg wrote:

> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:45:03 -0700
> From: Joel Gomberg <obligor11-fedora at yahoo.com>
> To: Itay Furman <itayf at u.washington.edu>,
>     For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at 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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