You might look at the following link http://photo.net/casual-conversations-forum/00PPwv.
I use the Epson Perfection V500 but since it's the only scanner I've used, I can't give you a comparison to anything else. I also use VueScan but haven't tried to scan without it, so I can't give you any basis for comparison there either.
I would offer the following caution. Large scans, even at relatively low resolution need lots of machine resource. I sometimes wait five minutes or more per operation in PS and I'm running a dual core 2.8 gig MacBook Pro 17 with 8 gig of main memory. I'm also running the NIK suite and PS in 64 bit mode.
The impression that I got from having done the web research a year ago was that pretty much anything would work but that nearly all the scannographers I read about were using Epson or Canon.
I bought an Epson 4990 photoscanner a few years ago to digitize a stack of family photos which were deteriorating very quickly in the hot humid subtopical climate. I have use this to scan flowers and it works well with the generic scanner software. I think pretty well any scanner would do. The challenge of scanning is choosing the right subject, keeping the glass surface clean, arranging them on glass (without able to see the underside).
Hope to see some of your scans in this forum soon.
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You might look at the following link http://photo.net/casual-conversations-forum/00PPwv.
I use the Epson Perfection V500 but since it's the only scanner I've used, I can't give you a comparison to anything else. I also use VueScan but haven't tried to scan without it, so I can't give you any basis for comparison there either.
I would offer the following caution. Large scans, even at relatively low resolution need lots of machine resource. I sometimes wait five minutes or more per operation in PS and I'm running a dual core 2.8 gig MacBook Pro 17 with 8 gig of main memory. I'm also running the NIK suite and PS in 64 bit mode.
The impression that I got from having done the web research a year ago was that pretty much anything would work but that nearly all the scannographers I read about were using Epson or Canon.
Hope you enjoy it. I do.
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I bought an Epson 4990 photoscanner a few years ago to digitize a stack of family photos which were deteriorating very quickly in the hot humid subtopical climate. I have use this to scan flowers and it works well with the generic scanner software. I think pretty well any scanner would do. The challenge of scanning is choosing the right subject, keeping the glass surface clean, arranging them on glass (without able to see the underside).
Hope to see some of your scans in this forum soon.