Scanning Slides under FC[123]

[Ken Barber]

On Wednesday 10 November 2004 08:13, Scott Ryan wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 09:44 -0600, Brian Fahrlander wrote:
> >     I have a great number of slides slowly decaying in their storage
> > area.  I guess I could put'em on a flat-bed and take my chances, but
> > since I don't have a scanner now, maybe I should look into buying a
> > slide-scanner.
> >
> >     Are these things generally like a regular scanner in terms of
> > installation, or do they use funky USB mechanisms?  Anyone have
> > experience with something like this?
>
> I have a slide scanner. It uses the twain driver for capture and
> controling the slide positioning mechanism. I have never got it to work
> under linux... I have never known anyone to get such a device to work
> under linux either.

My Nikon CoolScan works just fine under Linux (SANE).  In fact, I prefer using 
it under SANE (as opposed to the Win/Mac software that Nikon shipped with 
it).  I get lots better control over things such as exposure and scan 
resolution.

It uses a SCSI interface.  Results can be viewed at
http://www.peak.org/~mountainman/Photography.html

Ken