slide scanner:
A scanner configured to accept 35 mm slides; usually capable of scanning only 35 mm transparent material.
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slide scanner
A device allowing the digitization of slides taken with conventional film cameras. Usually much higher resolution devices than scanners designed with paper in mind. See scanner.
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Slide scanner
A scanner with a slot to insert 35mm slides; usually capable of scanning only 35mm transparent material.
A. Slide Scanner:
This connects to your PC SCSI card and has its own power supply. Your 35 mm slide or negative is scanned, or read, into your computer, enabling (via software) the images to be shown on screen.
Obtain a slide scanner. They go for a wide variety of prices, so shop around.
But what about slide scanners? As its name implies, my Nikon Super Coolscan 4000 is capable of scanning at resolutions up to 4000 dpi (technically spi, or "samples per inch," but everybody calls it dpi).
Note that the megapixels from a digital camera aren't as good as the megapixels coming from a slide scanner. Slide scanners essentially have three CCDs underneath each pixel, one for red, one for green, one for blue.
"If not," he says, "you may need to purchase a slide scanner in order to achieve the high resolution that slides are known for." It's a worthy investment, he says, especially for slides that are unique visual records.
 See also: Scanner, Digital, Slide, Photograph, Image
  
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