Negative scanner

[anselm]

What scanners are people using to scan in developed negs into their computers???

a suggestion of which to buy in the uk, and approx cost, is what i am aimimg at, i shoot an m6 with 40mm summi-c.

thanks in advance

anselm🙂

 

[planetjoe]

Hey, Anselm.

You might find this thread useful, if you haven't seen it already.

I'm currently using a dedicated film scanner (i.e., not a flatbed): the Minolta Dimage Scan Multi. It's an older model now, and probably still a little pricey (in excess of $500, if you can find one).

I've been vaguely interested in the Pacific Image Electronics (PIE) 3650Pro, mainly for its alleged ability to scan entire strips of 35mm negatives. The Nikon LS-5000 will do that with an additional attachment, but the 3650Pro is around $400, while the Nikon with attachment is probably closer to $1300 or so. There have been some negative comments on the PIE scanner, though.

Good luck with your search.


Cheers,
--joe.

 

[Ben Z]

I'm useing a CanoScan FS4000US which I bought off a professional photographer who was giving up film entirely, for $200. It's not made anymore (Canon says their latest flatbed is just as good but I dunno about that) but it does a really nice job and while it was in production had many good reviews, some of which claimed it was sharper than the Nikon of the time. One caveat, I use Vuescan rather than the Canon Filmget software, because the Filmget applies sharpening with no way to turn it off.

 

[woffle]

I'm another user of the Canon FS4000US - 4000ish dpi, 48 bit color and a DMAX of 3.6ish (from memory) means I can thoroughly recommend it - I also use VueScan over Canon Filmget. I haven't given it too rigorous a test yet and it takes some configuration to get the best results.

I got mine on ebay for £240 - as new, boxed with instructions etc. The market for used dedicated scanners seems to be going up with increasingly silly money paid - i.e £200+ for a 5 year old Nikon Coolscan III. The Canon's go for anything from £200 in private sales to £350 second hand from a dealer (see the classifieds in the back of B+W Photography) although one went on the same said auction site for £400+ not so long ago.

It doesn;t however have a holder to spool through a whole film, only 6 image neg strips (unless you want to scan APS ). I know you can get these for some of the Minoltas and Nikons.

I also have a UMAX Powerlook 3000 - an older pro-level flatbed (they cost thousands new a good few years ago). I managed to pick one up for £50 for my old medium format negs from a photographic studio who were selling up. The convenience of dedicated film scanners wins out over flatbeds IMHO - less dust for one thing which can be a real pain the backside with flatbeds and is the reason why I went for the Canon (that and the fact it came with a number of negative/slide holders)...

Hope this is of some help -

Joe

 

[kaiyen]

Standard questions...

-conventional b&w only or possibility of c-41 color or b&w?

-35mm only, forever?

-budget (I can recommend from $500USD to $10000 if you wanted)

-enlargement size?

allan

 

[tajart]

scanner

scanner

anybody here using the epson v700 or v750pro?
i've read some interesting reviews of them and seen them in the professional photo store, but don't know anyone who is using either of them.
thanks

 

[ehparis]

I like my Nikon Coolscan V. In addition to being very good it's also fast and easy to use once it's properly set up.

Sorry I don't know about price and availability in the U.K.

 

[specular]

 

[specular]

Epsom V750 scans

Epsom V750 scans

What happened to all the text to go with the above photos? OK, here is again...

I am a former Nikon LS-2000 and Perfection 3200 Photo Pro.scanner user with an Epson v750 Pro. I'm happy with it. Has Digital ICE built in ( I'd recommend do not get a scanner without it if you scan a lot of film with processing contamiates, dust and scratches.) The Silverfast software craqshed burned repeatedly. But their tech support solved the problem. Anyway, I don't care for that software, the interface and workflow and documentation and the way it works with the V750 could be a lot better IMHO. Also it seems that they've applied their allotment of lengendary German engineering skills on registration and copy protection rather than on the usability of their software. For example, they force you to register. So if you want to eventually sell your scanner, I don't think anyone else can use the Silverfast that comes with it.

I like the 35mm film holder. Holds 4 strips of 6 frames each. The medium format film holder is pretty good to, well at least comapared to the one with the Epson 3200 which is an excellent scanner in its own right.

One issue I had with the V750 was that the packaging was poor. For that kind of money Epson could at least use something else other than crumbly, brittle, flimsy styrofoam inserts, leaving crmbs over everything.

The cow in the prior post was taken with an M6 TTL , 35mm lux, Velvia 50.
The cemetary with RF645, 60mm
The forest firepace with a Hassy 503 cxi.

 

[shaaktiman]

After wrestling with inadequate 35mm scans from flatbeds and cheap film scanners I finally just bit the bullet and got a Nikon supercoolscan 5000. It was worth every penny of the $1000 it cost me in saved sweat and tears from a gaping capture hole in my hard earned film to digital to print workflow.

I have an epson 4990 for med format but it only does an adequate job on 35 mil. In my opinion the 4990 is slightly better than the Minolta dualscan IV dedicated film scanner for 35 and it has ICE and med-large format capabilities, all in all a very good scanner. But for just 35, the Nikon is far better than either of them.

 

[eddie con]

i just bought the hefty v700 epson. from singapore for $538 inclusive of tax. it is very versatile. from negatives, slides to prints and results are very good. the only problem i have is the inadequacy of one feature -- when scanning, it does not adequately and promptly tell you that it is done scanning. you just see it stop permanently and the light on the switch remains on permanently. (the scanner lights blink in-between frames). so i end up looking at my monitor to see if it had scanned all the frames. and i am only barely halfway through with my boxes of old negatives. i can live with the whirring and whooshing noises it makes as it scans, but a little beep to let me know it is done would help me multi-task.

 

[LazyHammock]

I've been using a Nikon Coolscan IV for about four years - I'm very happy, it is easy to use and produces nice image quality. It is only about 2800 dpi but that has been enough for 11x14 inkjet prints. They can be had for reasonable prices on the auction site.