Scanner for negatives to digital

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Hi all,

I am trying to find a solution that will allow me to scan a large
amount of negatives into digital format. I guess I've got about $500
to spend, would like a scanner that can be used to other purposes as
I've got around 1000 photos to transfer and then only spradic use
after that.

Any suggestions of what to look for or models or information that I
shoul know about at this stage would be appreciated.

cheers,

Linc

 

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I get very good results from an Epson 2580, which has a negative feeder
that makes life pretty easy. Of course, it depends on what ultimately
you want to do with both your negatives and scanner, but for $150 you
can get some surprising good and easy (thanks to some very fine
software) results. My recommendation would be to get a scanner like
this and then spend the next $100 dollars on PS Elements so you can
tweak your images. With this combo you'll be set for a lot of digital
photography down the road.

 

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On 30 Mar 2005 22:01:34 -0800, linc_d@hotmail.com (linc) wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I am trying to find a solution that will allow me to scan a large
>amount of negatives into digital format. I guess I've got about $500
>to spend, would like a scanner that can be used to other purposes as
>I've got around 1000 photos to transfer and then only spradic use
>after that.

Why not buy a really good film/slide scanner like a used Nikon
Coolscan , from eBay - scan your film then resell it and recoup much
of your intial cost of the better unit.


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"linc" <linc_d@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to find a solution that will allow me to scan a large
> amount of negatives into digital format. I guess I've got about $500
> to spend, would like a scanner that can be used to other purposes as
> I've got around 1000 photos to transfer and then only spradic use
> after that.
>
> Any suggestions of what to look for or models or information that I
> shoul know about at this stage would be appreciated.

It depends on your fussiness, but the Epson 4870 is in budget, and can be
used as a regular scanner when you are done. Epson's claimed 4800 dpi
resolution is seriously overly optimistic: it looks to me to be not quite as
good as the 2700 to 2900 dpi generation of dedicated film scanners. I'd
guess it would make very nice prints up to 6x9 or so from 35mm.

There's a new model (4990???) coming out that may be able to scan more
frames at the same time.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

 

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In article <2fb948ae.0503302201.3bc83b1@posting.google.com>,
linc_d@hotmail.com (linc) wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to find a solution that will allow me to scan a large
> amount of negatives into digital format. I guess I've got about $500
> to spend, would like a scanner that can be used to other purposes as
> I've got around 1000 photos to transfer and then only spradic use
> after that.
>
> Any suggestions of what to look for or models or information that I
> shoul know about at this stage would be appreciated.
>
I've had good results from the Minolta Dimage IV as well as the
PrimeFilm 1800i. Be aware that scanning is very time consuming and 1000
negs will take weeks or months to scan - I was lucky to get 24 pictures
scanned, cropped and adjusted in 2 hours with the faster 1800i.

People do say the Nikon Coolscan is a better scanner but it's twice the
price of the Dimage. Sharing the cost with friends or contacting a local
camera club may make the Coolscan a cheaper proposition.