PhotoPlus Practical Photoshop N-Photo Digital Camera World
Go Back   Digital Camera World Forum > Cameras & Equipment Forums > General equipment chat
Reload this Page Negative Scanners

General equipment chat Looking for advice on flashguns, tripods, bags, filters and more? This is where you'll find it.

Reply
Page 1 of 2 1 2
 
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 19-08-11, 09:15 PM
Cathus's Avatar
Cathus Cathus is offline
Senior Member
  
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: North Herts
Posts: 1,501
Images: 22
Negative Scanners
Anyone using & can recommend a decent quality scanner for 35mm negatives?
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 19-08-11, 09:48 PM
OldBoy's Avatar
OldBoy OldBoy is offline
Senior Member
  
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 2,003
Images: 3
Don't use it for negatives but the Epson is pretty good. http://www.epson.co.uk/Home-and-Home...ion-V330-Photo at on £99 it does all you want.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 20-08-11, 01:34 PM
greenwing greenwing is offline
Senior Member
  
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 611
Images: 3
The Nikon Coolscan range get great reviews. I haven't used one, not having any half-decent negs or slides to be bothered with. They might be a bit pricy, but I think you would get most of your money back if you were selling it on again.

They're out of production, I think, and drivers don't go to the most recent Windows versions.

Chris
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 20-08-11, 08:54 PM
jet_kit's Avatar
jet_kit jet_kit is offline
Senior Member
  
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: London
Posts: 603
Images: 32
I bought the top-of-the-range Hewlett Packard which would have been great (40 negs in one pass!) if only HP had been able to make it work! They eventually gave up and refunded my money.
So I bought the Epson V200 PHOTO instead at less than half the price. It only does 6 negs per pass, or 4 slides, but the quality is pretty good and the scans are quite fast.
__________________
Chris

The day you think you've found perfection is the day you stop looking, then someone else will find it and move in front of you.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55211328@N03/
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 21-08-11, 08:17 PM
OldBoy's Avatar
OldBoy OldBoy is offline
Senior Member
  
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 2,003
Images: 3
You could use one of these: http://www.aztek.com/premier.html

Need to have won the euro lottery to buy one.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 21-08-11, 10:01 PM
Cathus's Avatar
Cathus Cathus is offline
Senior Member
  
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: North Herts
Posts: 1,501
Images: 22
cheers guys, I was thinking more about a specific negative scanner rather than a flatbed scanner that you can shove negatives in.

The Aztek must be really expensive, I couldn't find a price anywhere but noted one company offering to use one to scan for you at $115 per scan!
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 22-08-11, 11:09 PM
OldBoy's Avatar
OldBoy OldBoy is offline
Senior Member
  
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 2,003
Images: 3
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cathus View Post
cheers guys, I was thinking more about a specific negative scanner rather than a flatbed scanner that you can shove negatives in.
Check these out as they list quite a few. http://www.negativescanners.co.uk/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cathus View Post
The Aztek must be really expensive, I couldn't find a price anywhere but noted one company offering to use one to scan for you at $115 per scan!
It is.
Last edited by OldBoy; 22-08-11 at 11:12 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 23-08-11, 08:38 AM
jet_kit's Avatar
jet_kit jet_kit is offline
Senior Member
  
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: London
Posts: 603
Images: 32
I did once see the price tag on the Aztek. I can't remember now what it was, but it was pretty frightening.
__________________
Chris

The day you think you've found perfection is the day you stop looking, then someone else will find it and move in front of you.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55211328@N03/
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 26-08-11, 05:48 PM
Cathus's Avatar
Cathus Cathus is offline
Senior Member
  
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: North Herts
Posts: 1,501
Images: 22
After a bit of research I've just ordered a Plustek Opticfilm 7400, should be here Wednesday
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 27-08-11, 07:31 AM
jet_kit's Avatar
jet_kit jet_kit is offline
Senior Member
  
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: London
Posts: 603
Images: 32
Good luck with that. Let us know how you get on with it.
Does it do negs & trannies and is it limited to 35mm?
__________________
Chris

The day you think you've found perfection is the day you stop looking, then someone else will find it and move in front of you.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55211328@N03/
Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 1 of 2 1 2

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump