Recomendations for first time scanner?

[Norkusa]

Time to get scanner ASAP. New negatives are starting to pile up and I still have no way of scanning them. I originally planned on getting a CanoScan 9000F a few months ago but when I finally tried to order one, every store online was sold out with no sign of restocking any time soon (production delays due to the tsunami I guess).

Any suggestions on what to get for a first time scanner? I really don't care about speed or batch scanning....I'm not archiving and will only be scanning images that I like. Currently I'm only shooting 35mm but I do have some old 120 and 4x5 negatives (although not many so I'm not really concerned about those). Would like to shoot medium format again someday though.

Don't want to spend much more than $500. Was looking at the Epson Perfection V700 but it's a bit expensive. The Plustek 7400/7600's look good but I'd still have to find another way to scan my 120 and 4x5 film.

Any suggestions? I'm on a Mac running Mountain Lion if that makes any difference.

 

[cabbiinc]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6281420&CatId=25
For 35mm film it really is a treat to scan with a dedicated film scanner. If you do any real volume a flatbed can be a pain just to load and unload.

 

[ipu]

Asking about the canoscan fs2710 in the other topic, and now it seems I am not going to get one. I was looking at one for pretty cheap and I know the quality fs2710 is enough for me.
So, my question is: what would be a good scanner for a first scanner? I would prefer a film scanner, don´t really need a flatbelt scanner, and a film scanner would be much smaller. There are so many options and I don´t even know what to check for. Budget is a big deal, it does not need to be new. I am using win 7, 64-bit, if that makes any difference. What am I going to do with it? I am going to maybe share some pics on the net, mostly. And share pictures with my family who lives across the country. So they don´t need to be toptop quality. I will continue printing in the darkroom.
Next you are going to ask about my budget... hard to say, since I have no idea how "cheap" can you go with film scanners.. Suggestions? Any help..
Thanks.

 

[kanzlr]

a recommendation: scan a linear RAW with VueScan and convert it with ColorNeg (ColorPerfect) in Photoshop.

Wonderful results, fast, totally changed my scanning experience to the better.