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- ********
Can anyone recommend a good scanner that scans 120 film? I have about 300 slides of 120 film that I need scanned for a photo book. Having these drum-scanned is gonna get really pricey. So i decided to be cheap and scan them myself.
- bolus0
this is not as easy as you think it is.... a good scanner is very expensive..... and it takes time to get used to it.
how much are you willing to spend?
400/1000/2000 dollars?
- bolus0
and another thing, 300 slides is gonna take you ages...
- bolus0
how much would it cost you to get them scanned?
- bolus0
also, do you mean positives or negatives?
- flashbender0
I liek this one
http://www.scannerworld.com/cont…
- ********0
So far, the cheapest quote was $30 USD per slide. So we are talking about 9000 USD for the whole project.
- ********0
These are all negatives
- bolus0
okay, realise this will give you stunning results, wereas scanning them yourself might just turn out to be a really shitty experience (losing the larger part of your life)
http://nikonimaging.com/global/p…
this nikon scanner is great, I've seen great results from it but you might underestimate the amount of work that you will be facing. A slade will take a considerable time to scan, and then the photoshopping starts...
it's about 2000 dollars i think, good thing is you get to keep the scanner....
also scanning negative slides is difficult, I'd say you should first try to find cheaper and less labour intensive alternatives
- bolus0
excuse me, positive slides are more difficult to get right
- ********0
Thanks bolus, I like that scanner and I'm still looking around to see who can give me a bulk discount for this project.
- bolus0
also look around for places that have these things:
http://www.ausmedia.com.au/flext…
good quality, but probably a lot cheaper to use than a cgi drum scanner