scanner question/help

[mache62]

Hi All,

I have been a lurker here for a while and think this is a great site full of valuable information.

Ok, now for my question..... My daughter got me a Pandigital film scanner for Christmas as I have a lot of negatives from a B&W course I would like to scan. Does anyone here have any experience with one of these that could offer any tips or tricks?

Thanks! Mary

[OsmosisStudios]

I used to sell them. No personal experience, but from what I hear from customers, they were pretty happy. Why not just try it yourself!

[mache62]

Bumping this back to the top to see if any others have any experience with this type of scanner.

Osmosis, I have been playing around with it trying to get it to work.

The first problem was I use a mac and the scanner requires a PC for the drivers to work.

The next issue was the need for a USB2.0 port as they put out more power (about 500mA) So I got a PCI type USB2.0 adapter and plugged it into that. The card has a port on it to add a 5v ac/dc adapter to give it a little more juice, so I added that.

When I slide the try in containing the film, the image won;t stabilize so it's really hard to get a decent scan.

When I do, the high key tones are really blown out. The low key isn;t too bad though.

If anyone is still reading and has any ideas I would love to hear them!

Thanks! :-)

[Jim Bryant]

Don't use it myself.............I use the Canonscan FS 4000USB and have used the Nikon coolscans. But, seems like from the review I read, you can only scan to 4 x 6 prints.
Here's the review. Pandigital Photolink One-Touch Scanner

[mache62]

Jim, thanks for the link!
Unfortunately, that's not the one I have. I have the film and slide scanner. It can be seen here:
Pandigital
I have done quite a few searches and haven't been able to find too much info on it all.