  Finally got a transparency scanner on Saturday.  A 2400dpi HP 4570c Flatbed scanner with transparency adapter.  I've read mixed reviews,  and so far,  I know where the reviewers coming from.  urlLink Quite frankly,
 the scanning software sucks ( the OSX version,  haven't looked at the Windows version yet)  So far I have not found a way to make preferences stick between sessions ( destination directories,  file formats,
 scan sizes in actual pixels,  etc)  for full functionality HP requires the use of two or three applications ( preview software,  image editing software,  and an iPhoto-
like program that I would rather just use iPhoto for)  the scans are automatically stored as huge TIFFs in the application directory if you are sending you scan to an editing app like Photoshop,  and the software is not intelligent enough to preselect all of the images on the scanner bed,  and store your scan preferences for each picture,  and then scan all at once,  the scanner doesn't work with third party scanning software like Vuescan and SilverFast.
 HP,  .  Look at Agfa's Scanwise software.  That's what scanning software should do.  I am a little surprised at how dull and lifeless a scanned slide looks compared to the original.  If any transparency experts would like to give me some scanning hints,
 I would appreciate that.  However,  the price was right ( 250)  and at the moment I am confident that I can persuade this thing to fill my needs,  as long as it doesn't completely break down.
