Scanning travel slides

I’m responding to Donna Pyle’s letter “Preserving Memories” (May ’12, pg. 14), about digitizing travel slides. I, too, have a PowerSlide scanner. Mine’s a Model 3600, purchased in 2004.

Mine came with a 50-slide tray also, but I purchased a 100-slide circular tray a few years ago. It’s a “Paximat circular magazine 100,” sold by a German company, Braun Phototechnik (Nürnberg, Germany; phone +49/911 3206 0, fax 3206 129). The tray currently costs €16.90 (near $21) plus €8 ($10) shipping.

I admire Mr. and Mrs. Pyle’s industriousness, to have scanned over 10,000 slides, especially 50 at a time. I still hope to scan all mine. A good rainy-day project, but there aren’t a lot of rainy days here in San Diego!

JIM ROYLE
San Diego, CA