Ducky
Well-known
I'd like to get away from a flatbed scanner for negs. I was happy with my V500 but sold it.:bang:
I have read good reviews about the plustek (@2x the cost of a V300) but they mainly refer to slides. I want to do 35mm BW negs, no slides or MF. I had trouble getting 35mm negs to sit right in the holder of the V500. I wonder if the Plustek holder is any better.
Just looking for a few comments.
I have read good reviews about the plustek (@2x the cost of a V300) but they mainly refer to slides. I want to do 35mm BW negs, no slides or MF. I had trouble getting 35mm negs to sit right in the holder of the V500. I wonder if the Plustek holder is any better.
Just looking for a few comments.
david.elliott
Well-known
Get another V500 with betterscanning holders. 
Ducky
Well-known
Get another V500 with betterscanning holders.
Yeah, I figure I'll get a lot of that. Prtobably good advice too.
lawrence
Veteran
The V750 is great too. I have a Coolscan IV but prefer the diffused light output of the V750 for most negatives.
.ken
I like pictures
Where can we get better scanning holders? specifically ones that can straighten up curled negs? the plustek at least you can pop in the curled negs and scan right away... I have both but haven't really done a comparison! :-x
david.elliott
Well-known
cjm
Well-known
I have a 7300 Plustek scanner and the 35mm negative holder works great. Never had any problems with the 75+ rolls scanned in the past year.
.ken
I like pictures
I maybe missing something but bettrscanning seems to have medium format holders and the glass for MF and 35mm but no holder for 35mm...
Ducky
Well-known
Gradskater
Well-known
Another vote for the plustek. I haven't used any other scanner, so I can't really compare them, but the plustek gives nice results and hasn't broken after more than a year. No problems with the negative holder. I have many examples on my flickr page, just search "plustek" on my homepage.
freax
Established
Hi.
Does the plustek scan the entire roll at once (batch scan) ?
Thanks.
Does the plustek scan the entire roll at once (batch scan) ?
Thanks.
stephaneb
Established
No. It only batch scans 1 picture
You have to move the film holder yourself, there is no motor to do it.
I find it great for B&W. With VueScan you can select which channel to use to get the image. I find green and red much sharper than blue. I selected green. It gives very sharp scans without the grain problems of the 35mm Nikons.