Inexpensive transparency scanner

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kicksave
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Inexpensive transparency scanner

Post by kicksave » Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:57 am

Going digital and paperless and need to scan most recent films ( BWX,PAs, FMX) into patient OD charts.
Have the Fujitsu ScanSnap to scan charts and will only need a transparency scanner until latest films of existing charts are scanned into OD....since I won't be needing a transparency scanner once films are scanned dont need a new,expensive scanner...any suggestions of one that will do the job?

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savvy
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Re: Inexpensive transparency scanner

Post by savvy » Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:08 am

Find an EPSON 1680 Pro w/ transarancy adapter on ebay.
It will scan a full size pano and mounted FMX.
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Re: Inexpensive transparency scanner

Post by savvy » Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:29 am

Here's one for a pretty good Buy It Now price. (no affiliation)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Epson-Expressio ... _64wt_1141
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Re: Inexpensive transparency scanner

Post by Jay » Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:46 pm

savvy wrote:It will scan a full size pano and mounted FMX.
I was looking this up since you reccommend it but the User Guide says.
Using the Film Guides
You can use the four film guides that came with the transparency unit to scan 35mm slides, strips of 35mm negative or positive film, 120‑size or 220‑size format film...
So how does one fashion a film guide to fit a Pano or a FMX or a single mounted Xray which endodontists sometimes send us after treatment.

What we currently do is mount the film on a illuminated Xray viewer, then take a Ring Flash photo using our Macro lens. Macro lenses are typically very sharp and if you balance the flash and the Xray viewer's light output you get both a 'scan' of the XRAY and any notes on the cardboard mount.

This works if the volume is low but we have some legacy film which we might want to digitize so your input on how you use the scanner will be very helpful.

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