Looking for a new scanner.

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Would you please help me by suggesting some good scanners for 120 roll film.
I have been out of touch for some years. I would pay up to $1,500 but I believe that there are very good models for around $400 now I may be wrong there but I obviously need some help please.
Cheers,
James.
 
Give thought to getting an Epson 600 for 'contact print' scanning. Then using a digital camera for specific frames for high-end scans. Assuming you already have a good digital camera and a good macro lens. Much better bang for the buck.


I know someone who uses an Epson 600 for scanning 120 film, exhibits and sells the prints on a regular basis. So it is capable of very good work. He just started using a full-frame DSLR and is having a kick with the extra detail and tonal range, but also having to deal with real grain in ways the 600 didn't give him.
 
Nah, I want something that will do it all in one. I have aNikon 8000 ED and I can not find a FireWire connector that works it on a new pc.
I think I will post a Nikon Scanner question. Thanks for advice.
 
I don't think there are any dedicated 120 film scanners that sell for under $500.

Your options are pretty much limited to ,

Coolscan 8000 or 9000
Minolta Multi Pro
Braun/Pacific Image 120
Plustek 120
Polaroid Sprintscan 120

Braun has something fairly new called the NovaScan 120, which appears to be basically a 14mp digicam.
 
You may feel otherwise for some reason, but I would NEVER replace a really good scanner just because your new computer doesn’t have a FW connection. Spend $100 (or less) on an old PC or notebook and use it for scanning...
 
brbo said:
You may feel otherwise for some reason, but I would NEVER replace a really good scanner just because your new computer doesn’t have a FW connection. Spend $100 (or less) on an old PC or notebook and use it for scanning...
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I agree; using my old Mac G5 to run my Minolta Multi Pro w/ FW 400 works fine.
 
i agree with the others that recommend setting up a computer dedicated to an excellent scanner. i'm fortunate in that my coolscan V has USB that my Win7 virtual machine can communicate with. If I had a coolscan 8000, i'd definitely setup an older machine with firewire capability to make it work.
 
Mango,
I just looked at this and it just seems to be a monitor. Now I am certainly not a computer wizz, at 61 I feel I do rather well but is this the correct link ???
 
Sorry this bloody iPad likes to change my typing Maigo. I just lost my dear Gino recently, a daily mourn at the moment and I want to scan my images of my late four legged son and the wife is pushing me to get moving on this project.
Cheers, bed time for me now,
James.
 
I have aNikon 8000 ED and I can not find a FireWire connector that works it on a new pc
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Go to amazon.com. Type in the search bar "firewire pci". Many choices starting at $10. And you would instead dump a Coolscan 8000 ??:confused: I'll get it off your hands. I'll even pay shipping.:D
 
OP, you haven’t said what kind of computer you now have. Maybe you can get away with simply buying a cheap Firewire card or a Thunderbolt-to-Firewire adapter (if your new computer is a Mac). Next option is buying a cheap used PC or Mac Mini (you can get them used for about $100), Mac Mini will have a FW already built in and you will probably have to buy a FW card for the PC.

The scanning computer can then run headless (no need for extra display, mouse and keyboard; only needed for initial setup), you connect to the scanning computer through RDP or VNC.
 
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