Recommendations for a scanner?

[deepak]

I'd like to create a database of the rear album "art" of my Blue Note LPs, often containing many historical facts about the music or musicians.

So the scanner needs to be at least 12x12. Attached an image below for what an average rear cover would look like.

Any recommendations?

[shellylh]

Epson tends to make pretty good scanners.

[ujamerstand]

ah, I need a scanner too. I'm currently using a canoscan LiDE 500F. but it's not large enough to scan oversized books that my mom has. It doesn't work with mac either, so mom can't use it with her laptop. So I've been looking for a new one as well. Let me know what you found.

[Salt Peanuts]

ah, I need a scanner too. I'm currently using a canoscan LiDE 500F. but it's not large enough to scan oversized books that my mom has. It doesn't work with mac either, so mom can't use it with her laptop. So I've been looking for a new one as well. Let me know what you found.

Not that it matters since scanner size is the issue here, but it does work with Mac, as I've been using mine for few years now.

Edited December 12, 2011 by Salt Peanuts

[ujamerstand]

Mac Lion? I couldn't find drivers for it, only older versions of Mac OSX. I did try to install the older drivers, but nothing happens when I plug in the scanner.

[Salt Peanuts]

Yep, it works on Lion. Open "Print & Scan" under System Preferences and the scanner *should* be listed there, assuming drivers are still installed. Double-click on the scanner and it'll open up the scanning window. Make sure the scanner's connected, though just plugging it in doesn't give any indication that it's going to work. Also, none of the physical buttons ever worked for me, at least on Mac.

[grawk]

honestly. for that use, I'd just use your dslr

[ujamerstand]

Yep, it works on Lion. Open "Print & Scan" under System Preferences and the scanner *should* be listed there, assuming drivers are still installed. Double-click on the scanner and it'll open up the scanning window. Make sure the scanner's connected, though just plugging it in doesn't give any indication that it's going to work. Also, none of the physical buttons ever worked for me, at least on Mac.

Hey! That Work! Thank.

[deepak]

honestly. for that use, I'd just use your dslr

I think I will do this, though I have an older P&S. But with some lighting trickery I can get some decent readable shots...and it's just for personal use.

[Voltron]

It's so much more fun to hold the album when you're reading it, so why bother with a digital image?

[deepak]

It's so much more fun to hold the album when you're reading it, so why bother with a digital image?

I prefer to listen to them without doing anything else. Turn off computer, lights, etc. And it's easier to find an image if I want to look something up later on, as the Wikipedia articles for these albums suck.

[ujamerstand]

Sounds like you'll want some sort of OCR software as well.

[bhjazz]

For the old P&S, mount it on a tripod so you can get the lens parallel to what you're shooting. (Set the timer, too, to avoid jiggling the camera.) Once it's on the tripod, you can just slide the album covers through and not have to do anything to the camera. Then process the shots through ps as a batch. Badaboom.

...or try an Epson. I've heard good things about them as well, and the software that comes with it might have some OCR abilities.

[Spychedelic Whale]

I came across some vinyl scanning techniques and remembered this thread. Some guys seem to use a normal A4 scanner and then use a stitch software http://research.micr...groups/ivm/ice/

It looks good.

This with an A3

Edited February 3, 2012 by Spychedelic Whale

[crappyjones123]

wrong thread.

Edited February 4, 2012 by crappyjones123