Plustek or flatbed negatives.

[Ducky]

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.

 

[david.elliott]

Get another V500 with betterscanning holders. 🙂

 

[Ducky]

Get another V500 with betterscanning holders. 🙂

Yeah, I figure I'll get a lot of that. Prtobably good advice too.😡

 

[lawrence]

The V750 is great too. I have a Coolscan IV but prefer the diffused light output of the V750 for most negatives.

 

[.ken]

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]

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

http://www.betterscanning.com/

 

[cjm]

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 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 maybe missing something but bettrscanning seems to have medium format holders and the glass for MF and 35mm but no holder for 35mm...

 

[Ducky]

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.

Thanks cjm, that is helpful.


I maybe missing something but bettrscanning seems to have medium format holders and the glass for MF and 35mm but no holder for 35mm...

That was my impression too, .ken.

 

[Gradskater]

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]

Hi.

Does the plustek scan the entire roll at once (batch scan) ?

Thanks.

 

[stephaneb]

Hi.

Does the plustek scan the entire roll at once (batch scan) ?

Thanks.

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.