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Ken, at this pricepoint, the choice is quite limited. The deciding factor will be the size of your glass negatives/slides. If these are not too large, say no more that 1/4plate or 5x4 then you should do really well with one of the best of the Epson Consumer range. I would happily recommend the Epson 4870 Stylus Perfection Photo. This will give good scans for smaller negs and quite adequate scans from very small (35mm slides). It is also fine for reflective artwork. If your negs/slides are larger, I am afraid that I don't think they will fit on the Epson 4870 as although it is an A4 scanner, the transparency scanning area is much smaller. In this case you could go for one of the cheaper scanners from the Epson Professional range. The Epson Expression 1680 XL with transparency hood will scan up to A4 original negs/slides and will give fine results with reflective artwork, but might well struggle with 35mm trannies a bit. This is also stretching your budget a bit. Of course once you spend a bit more money the choice widens. Hope this helps cheers eib Ed I Bremner BremWeb Imaging [log in to unmask] http://www.bremweb.co.uk h: 01822 832574 m: 07973 335509 At 13/12/2004 11:02, you wrote: >Has anyone had any recent experience of purchasing a 'reasonably priced' >scanner that can scan 35mm slides and Victorian glass negatives/slides, as >well as normal flatbed prints? > >This is for a community based project so the budget looks like being in >the region of £500 max. > >Thanks. > >Ken Craven LifeTimes Research Officer >Salford City Council Heritage Service >Education & Leisure Directorate >51 Crescent >Salford M5 4WX >Phone or Fax 0161 736 1594 >Visit our website at www.salford.gov.uk/lifetimes > >DISCLAIMER: The information in this message is confidential and may be legally >privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message >by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient,any >disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any action or omission >taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. >Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this message in >error. >For the full disclaimer please access http://www.salford.gov.uk/e-mail >Thank you. Ed I Bremner BremWeb Imaging [log in to unmask] http://www.bremweb.co.uk h: 01822 832574 m: 07973 335509