That Jumbl scanner thing

[Simpo Two]

I saw a thread here about scanners and was tempted to try the little Jumbl film scanner.

I've been trying it out and it's quite impossible to judge the scan parameters accurately on a tiny lo-res screen with no histogram. Is there any scanner that would feed 'live' into my PC so I can see properly what I'm looking at before I hit the 'Scan' button? At the least I'd like the Levels function of Photoshop so I can correct the image in one pass rather than have to go back and resave everything.

[Simpo Two]

Thanks very much - it's not much more costwise than what I have and certainly looks like a 'proper' scanner. May have to try it!

[Simpo Two]

Number 1.

I looked at the reviews for the Plustek 8100 - there seem to be software issues (though I have WinXP which is pretty versatile) and it takes 50 secs to scan - is that right?

And when the image opens on your PC monitor for PS tweaking, is that a prescan or the actual one? In other words, is it a one step or two-step process? The first slides I've looked at (Kodachrome from 1980) seem to have a massive DR, so that any scan is a mixture of burnt out bits and very dark shadows.

[Simpo Two]

Thanks for all the input, very useful. I don't need monster resolution as much as the need to twiddle with the levels and colour - but it seems that to do the latter 'at source' I need to go up a gear. And that means mnore res and therefore slower.

I see a few Minota Dimages s/h on eBay, eg http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271686823119?_trksid=p20... - how do they compare? WinXP Pro.

[Simpo Two]

SCSI is definitely out, but the one I linked to is USB2. The problem is that I don't want to buy one if it turns out to be a donkey.