Negative & Print Scanner

[cgross]

I am looking for suggestions about what would be a good scanner to buy to scan film, slides and prints.

I am not interested in shooting film for the purpose of scanning, but would like to have a scanner or 2 that would give me pretty good representation of a print or a negative. I have a cheap Canon flatbed scanner more for scanning documents than photos and have yet to be able to get a good scan on a black and white print, and color prints scan in ok, but not that good.

I shoot 35mm and MF 6x6 right now but that could change and I would like to be able to scan the various sizes of MF negs. I also have a ton of APS film that I would like to scan.

Most of my prints are from a lab, but that will be changing as soon as the darkroom is finished.

I have read that calibrated monitors are possibly needed. How does one do this? I have a HP 19" Flat Panel.

Thanks a ton for any comments or suggestions.

Cody

 

[donbga]

I am looking for suggestions about what would be a good scanner to buy to scan film, slides and prints.

I am not interested in shooting film for the purpose of scanning, but would like to have a scanner or 2 that would give me pretty good representation of a print or a negative. I have a cheap Canon flatbed scanner more for scanning documents than photos and have yet to be able to get a good scan on a black and white print, and color prints scan in ok, but not that good.

I shoot 35mm and MF 6x6 right now but that could change and I would like to be able to scan the various sizes of MF negs. I also have a ton of APS film that I would like to scan.

Most of my prints are from a lab, but that will be changing as soon as the darkroom is finished.

I have read that calibrated monitors are possibly needed. How does one do this? I have a HP 19" Flat Panel.

Thanks a ton for any comments or suggestions.

Cody

What do you want to do with the scans?

Don Bryant

 

[cgross]

What do you want to do with the scans?

Don Bryant

Down the road, I'd like to be able to display them on a website and possibly print them. More for viewing/exhibiting my work digitally.

 

[donbga]

Down the road, I'd like to be able to display them on a website and possibly print them. More for viewing/exhibiting my work digitally.

For that use, one of the Epson scanners that meet your needs and pocket book would probably be okay.

Don Bryant

 

[ofofhy]

For that use, one of the Epson scanners that meet your needs and pocket book would probably be okay.

Don Bryant

I have the Epson V700, and I like it a lot for scanning 35 mm and medium format negatives (mostly B&W). I can get some pretty decent prints from these scans.

 

[Bromo33333]

You could spring for the Nikon 9000 - will cost about US$1800, but will be (slightly) better than the V700 or V750 form Epson as far as effective resolution. For myself, I would get the V750 from Epson as it is less than half the price of the Nikon, but if you only want 35mm and Medium Format .....

 

[frugal]

Well if he wants to scan both negs and prints with a single scanner, he needs a flatbed, so the Nikon 9000 is out.

 

[Bromo33333]

Well if he wants to scan both negs and prints with a single scanner, he needs a flatbed, so the Nikon 9000 is out.

Too bad, because a Nikon 9000 + about a $100 flatbed should do it.

 

[frugal]

Too bad, because a Nikon 9000 + about a $100 flatbed should do it.

True, a lot depends on budget too because the Nikon 9000 isn't exactly cheap. I have a Canon 9950F which is pretty good. I'm sure the 9000 does a better job at scanning film but I love having the versatility of being able to scan film from 35mm up to 4x5 as well as prints.

But looking at the original post again, I see APS mentioned as well, which would probably require a dedicated film scanner because I'm not aware of any flatbed that handles APS.

 

[donbga]

True, a lot depends on budget too because the Nikon 9000 isn't exactly cheap. I have a Canon 9950F which is pretty good. I'm sure the 9000 does a better job at scanning film but I love having the versatility of being able to scan film from 35mm up to 4x5 as well as prints.

But looking at the original post again, I see APS mentioned as well, which would probably require a dedicated film scanner because I'm not aware of any flatbed that handles APS.

Flatbeds can be used to scan APS negs and slides. The MF holder sold here could be used for APS.

www.betterscanning.com

Don Bryant

 

[cgross]

Cost is somewhat a factor!!! The APS requirement is only a one time requirement. The old Canon Elph the wife used has been broken for 3-4 years, but we have many rolls that I want to get scanned. After they are done, I won't be doing any APS. I will probably just take them to Walmart

I'll check out the Epson, Nikon and Canon suggestions. Anyone have experience with Minolta film scanners?

I am hoping Santa will be nice to me this year!!!!