Negative scanner 99 Responses

Last post: 3 months, 3 weeks ago | Thread started: May 12, 08, 5:07 p.m.

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• rafalski

  Back before the digital scanners were dang expensive. I was wondering.. would it make sense to get a 35mm film scanner now? They must be pretty cheap on ebay or who knows where now.
  Do these scanners degrade with time?
  What to look for? What to be careful about when buying? Which models?..

  May 12, 08, 5:07 p.m. – Permalink

• organic_grid

  Rafalski, I used Photofixpro based in Arizona to scan my old 35mm and medium format negatives. Thye did a great job and it was relatively inexpensive. I found that most negative scanners and the carriers never really worked well or peformed upto my expectations, even the AGFA and KODAK negative scanners are not worth the money and time.

  http://www.photofixpro.com/scan_…

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 08, 5:14 p.m. – Permalink

• MrDinky

  wait for it. TKmeister bought one and will sell it once he has finished his scans

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 08, 5:17 p.m. – Permalink

• horton

  i've always struggled with dust in these things.. and i'd imagine this problem gets much worse with time.

  • that is if you're buying something used off ebay– horton

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 08, 5:18 p.m. – Permalink

• sikma

  nikon has a line of excellent desktop scanners. if your looking at investing cash give them a look

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 08, 5:18 p.m. – Permalink

• rafalski

  I'm thinking of digitizing old family photos and all of mine, but mostly of having something to play with in future.

  Just toying with the idea of shooting film some time. I never liked film photography, but knew I would someday.

  I remember this baby: http://www.sphoto.com/techinfo/l…

  • I had one, never worked right and then broke...– organic_grid1/2

    that solves the question then ;)– rafalski2/2

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 08, 5:32 p.m. – Permalink

• ok_not_ok

  best one out right now. Nikon coolscan v ed. DR is 4.2 i believe

  

  • +1 that would be the one– sikma1/2

    these have always been excellent.– airey2/2

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 08, 5:41 p.m. – Permalink

• boobs

  Don't even think of getting that without the automatic slide feeder, which costs like another $500. The thing is nearly useless without the slide feeder--unless you have a teenage slave, who does nothing but sit and feed slides into it.

  • What about a pre-teen slave?– MrOneHundred1/2

    Czech milf she-males will do it for half the money.– mikotondria32/2

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 08, 6:41 p.m. – Permalink

• sikma

  boobs is correct. Look into getting a scanner with a bulk loader

  I've done literally thousands of scans using the medium format version of the Nikon Scanner. Very time consuming.

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 08, 7:12 p.m. – Permalink

• tkmeister

  Yes, i have a Nikon coolscan V ED. It's nice and does a great job scanning films and slides. I've scanned about 500 negatives since I bought it about 3wks ago(I've been thinking about buying it for 2yrs). I have about 2000 negatives to go.

  I was thinking about getting done by somewhere/someone but I actually enjoy the process of doing it myself. It's almost meditating. You can scan up to 6 negative frames consecutively and most of my negatives are cut at 4frames. Like it's been said, it is time consuming and I usually do it while I am doing something else. I just have to feed new frames every 10-15min.

  Let me know if you have any questions. I've done a lot of research before I finally decided to buy it.

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 08, 10:22 p.m. – Permalink