any "nice" methods to scan 24x24mm format

[DNN]

Hi, I have a few 24x24 mm cameras. As you know I can use standard 135 mm films but the image format is 24x24 mm. In old times printing this format did not cost much but now it is expensive.

I don't have a scanner and am planning to buy it . I am wondering if anybody here established good methods to scan 24x24mm format images or found good scanners for this purpose. Any tricks/tips to efficiently scan images are welcomed. I could not reach good threads by searching with a few keywords here in RFF.

These days film holders for medium format are often provided with scanners, but not for 24x24mm.

Thanks in advance.

 

[vdonovan]

If you are just scanning to post on the web or for non-gallery quality prints, I can recommend the Visioneer 9240, which is an inexpensive flat bed scanner with a small backlight for transparencies. You can cut your own masks and scan any size you want up to about 7cm x 7cm. I got mine for $100 at Office Depot.

 

[furcafe]

It sounds as if a dedicated negative/slide scanner may be out of your price range, but if not, they can easily be set, using 3rd-party software like Vuescan or Silverfast, to scan for 24mmx24mm.

 

[DNN]

Thank you for your posts. I am not sure softwares can process the scan in batch mode. I mean, once I set the appropriate scan area for 24mmx24mm, can a scanner do its job for multiple images in the negative which is held in the film holder? Everything will depend on the software I use. If it allows me to control both scan area and the interval between two images, it would work fine.

 

[Pherdinand]

the epson v700 accepts 4 strips of 35mm film that are 6x36mm frames long each. But one can select the boundary if each frame to be scanned separately, to the desired size.
The scanner at prescan can do auto frame recognition and display images separately as thumbnails, but it can also just show the whole pre-scanned area and let the user select what to scan. Works in batch mode (epson software).
I would expect that cheaper/older models of the epson flatbed series can work in a similar way.

 

[40oz]

an HP Photosmart S20 doesn't use film holders, and identifies frames largely by the black frame spaces. You can manually set the boundaries as well. It lets you make exposure/color adjustments on each frame if you want, then batch scans the strip of 5.

Look on ebay for one. You want the USB version.