six hours to scan twenty images.

[PatrickONeill]

This was spent during just scanning time; I do no adjustments. just a raw scan to process later with PerfectColor. each scan takes 20 minutes from fumbling with the negative holder, to clicking scan, until it spits the holder out.

My Polaroid Sprintscan 4000+ has a usb 1 interface and the firewire interface is a no go with my setup.

:bang:

I'm going nuts here.

are the pulsetek's faster than this?

 

[edge100]

I did an entire 36-exp roll this afternoon on my Plustek @ 7200dpi. 2h, tops.

 

[literiter]

What size are the negs?

 

[PatrickONeill]

thats awesome. what model?

 

[PatrickONeill]

What size are the negs?

35mm. c-41 if that matters. I usually just shoot my black and whites with a dslr and a light-table.

 

[literiter]

I think the Plustek will do it a bit faster. My Nikon CS9000 will do it in about 3 1/2 hrs or so.

You can also look at it this way:
If you were to do your printing in the darkroom, test strips, dodging and burning etc. it would take you a lot longer to print the finished product.

Now you will at least have consistency.

 

[ReeRay]

That doesn't seem too bad. Using my Minolta Multi Pro, FireWire, ICE, 4800 dpi and 4x pass I would expect to complete in 4 hours. i.e. 8/9 minutes per scan plus loading and basic adjustments.

The end result is well worth the effort and I actually enjoy scanning!

 

[iuseruby]

I'm using Nikon V ED and scanning full roll (38-42 frames 35mm bw film) usually takes 1-1.5h. I'm previewing all the frames but making final scan only for 20-30 frames.

 

[Photo_Smith]

My Polaroid Sprintscan 4000+ has a usb 1 interface and the firewire interface is a no go with my setup.

are the pulsetek's faster than this?

There's the problem in a nutshell. Any USB 1 interface is S-L-O-W compared to Firewire or USB 2.

If you value your time either get a FW card to put in your PC (or build a PC with one) or dump the scanner.

 

[sanmich]

That's where Epson/Nikon 4k/5k shine: bulk scanning at low res.

 

[johnamazement]

If you value your time either get a FW card to put in your PC (or build a PC with one) or dump the scanner.

Yep, Firewire's the way to go if possible. It halves the time versus USB on my Minolta scanner. It takes about ten minutes per six frame strip at the maximum 3200 dpi. That's around one hour per 36 exposure film.

I have no Firewire port on my new laptop so I use a little dedicated PC (with no monitor/keyboard/mouse) which is always attached to the scanner and control it via remote desktop from the laptop or from my phone. It may seem like a roundabout route to get a Firewire interface but it's worth it and has saved me countless hours so far and it also means it's wireless!

 

[thegman]

A V700 flatbed scanner will do you a contact sheet of 24 frames in not much time (turn down the resolution to 300dpi or something) and then you could just scan the keepers. Does not help you if you consider them all keepers though.

When I have a load of scanning to do, I just tried to do something else at the same time, only stopping to reload the scanner, that way the actual time taken up is very low.