<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'DejaVu Sans'; font-size:12pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">On September 17, 2009 09:13:05 am Dick Angus wrote:<br>
> On September 17, 2009 08:43:35 am Dan Mueller wrote:<br>
> > Do any of you know of a slide/negative converter that will take a slide<br>
> > and convert it to digital that works in Linux??<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Or might any of you have one that works in Linux that you would like to<br>
> > part with??<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > dan<br>
><br>
> I have a Konica Minolta DiMage Dual Scan IV that I have used with a<br>
> software product called VueScan. I have done several thousand slides with<br>
> it and it worked well. I couldn't get it to work with any sane related<br>
> products as it does group scanning and some correction on the fly.<br>
><br>
> It scans a sleeve of four slides in a single load. Vuescan worked very<br>
> well. Just be careful of dirty slides. They are difficult to clean without<br>
> damaging them.<br>
><br>
> It is a bit costly at about $430 and the software costs a bit as well<br>
> (around $40) - shareware type, not freeware. I bought the hardware at<br>
> Black's back in 05 and the software on-line. I'm still using it so it's not<br>
> available, sorry.<br>
><br>
> The rest of my workflow was GIMP, to crop, clean, and brighten, then into<br>
> Digikam to store in albums.<br>
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