Time to ask this again! (i.e. I'm thinking of spending money on one.)
What's the state of affordable negative scanners at this time? I'm seeing little things that require Windows for £70 or so. Anyone bought any such device recently?
- d.
Not exactly a recommendation but a suggestion of something to avoid: There are a number of flatbed scanners that have "film scanner" attachments. If you plan on scanning a lot of negatives I'd suggest not buying something like this because they are typically very slow.
Then again you might not be able to find something in your price range that is in any way automated.
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 03:52, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Time to ask this again! (i.e. I'm thinking of spending money on one.)
What's the state of affordable negative scanners at this time? I'm seeing little things that require Windows for £70 or so. Anyone bought any such device recently?
- d.
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2009/5/8 Jon Davis wiki@konsoletek.com:
Not exactly a recommendation but a suggestion of something to avoid: There are a number of flatbed scanners that have "film scanner" attachments. If you plan on scanning a lot of negatives I'd suggest not buying something like this because they are typically very slow.
They're also completely awful and give terrible results. I know this one from the "negative holder" that came with my flatbed scanner ...
- d.
Flatbed scanners can be good, but only if they are of the (much more expensive) type that has an additional light in the lid as well as under the glass.
Michael
David Gerard wrote:
2009/5/8 Jon Davis wiki@konsoletek.com:
Not exactly a recommendation but a suggestion of something to avoid: There are a number of flatbed scanners that have "film scanner" attachments. If you plan on scanning a lot of negatives I'd suggest not buying something like this because they are typically very slow.
They're also completely awful and give terrible results. I know this one from the "negative holder" that came with my flatbed scanner ...
- d.
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Hello,
Michael Maggs wrote:
Flatbed scanners can be good, but only if they are of the (much more expensive) type that has an additional light in the lid as well as under the glass.
Michael
David Gerard wrote:
2009/5/8 Jon Davis wiki@konsoletek.com:
Not exactly a recommendation but a suggestion of something to avoid: There are a number of flatbed scanners that have "film scanner" attachments. If you plan on scanning a lot of negatives I'd suggest not buying something like this because they are typically very slow.
They're also completely awful and give terrible results. I know this one from the "negative holder" that came with my flatbed scanner ...
Yes, after a long search, I finally decided to ask a professional protographer to digitize my old films and slides instead of buying a scanner. For film, it comes to about 0.25 € per image, and 0.50 € per slide. I found cheaper on the web, but I don't know about the quality.
- d.
Yann
2009/5/11 Yann Forget yann@forget-me.net:
Yes, after a long search, I finally decided to ask a professional protographer to digitize my old films and slides instead of buying a scanner. For film, it comes to about 0.25 € per image, and 0.50 € per slide. I found cheaper on the web, but I don't know about the quality.
Yuh. Most of the recommendations I got were "buy a Coolscan on eBay and sell it after a year like everyone does when they've done their pile of negatives". I'll probably do that as I'm a complete control addict. (Same reason I bought an expensive-to-run photo printer rather than paying less for someone else to print photos for me.)
There are still Coolscan III circulating out there, ISA SCSI card and all ...I *think* there's a computer here with an ISA slot ... Coolscan III going rate is about £150, Coolscan IV/V is £400-800.
- d.