The Polaroid Scanner Sprintscan 35LE was recommended to me by a dealer. The specs seem pretty good: 1950 dpi 30bi A/D, scans slides and negatives, 3.0 density range, Scsi-2,TWAIN compliant. Software includes Phodeluxe, Image Axs,Polaroid Photoshop Plug-in. Estimated Street price: $650.

Any user comments/expererience with this model? How do these specs look? (Im new to this area).

-- Richard Seefer (r1040s@aol.com), November 24, 1998

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It somewhat depends on the sort of scanning you want to do: Density range is a bit low for dense slides, but fine for negatives. The HP Photosmart is a better deal, with similar specs for less money, but we haven't had the opportunity to compare the Polaroid with the HP. Past experience with Polaroid has been that their color science is quite good, maybe meaning accurate colors, but the HP is pretty good, too... (Bottom line, specs look ok, but no direct experience.) How about it - any SprintScan LE users out there?

-- Dave Etchells (web@imaging-resource.com), November 30, 1998.

I have had a Sprintscan LE for three years. It's fine for Slides, and Negatives - Just Fine - not great. Biggest problem is Speed: very slow. If you need high resolution scans of your slides or negatives then you need a Sprintscan. I bought it because I have some 4000 Slides and 10,000 Negatives which I wanted to transfer to Digital. I knew it would take a lot of time but it was cheaper than sending the whole thing to a Service at $0.40 to $0.60 a piece. I'm still working with it but I find that my HP Scanjet with transparency adaptor does an admirable job of scanning (Good enough for archival work) and does some 15 slides at a time, AND the results are superb. Getting decent prints from Color negatives is a WHOLE DIFFERENT proposition - which is why I"m on this forum - I need some input on Negative Color Scans.

-- Myron Hawryluk (mhawryluk@EARTHLINK.NET), December 01, 1999.