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Negative scanners

  • 05-09-2008 11:00pm
    #1
    Mahell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭


    Just wondering if anyone has much experience with negative scanners and if so what they consider to be the best one, specifically for a professional photographer with a large back catalogue of negatives.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    i have a epson v750 pro, this produces very good results. for the price.

    If you really want the best, you need to spend really big bucks, like the imacon hassleblad scanners at about 13K


  • #3
    wonski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,685 ✭✭✭✭wonski


    I've been using Nicon Coolscan for months while working with newspapers (about 8 years ago). The price is much below 13K, I believe, but - to be honest - we never tried large print. They were great anyway, and helped a lot during transformation from analog to digital...


  • #4
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,713 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    wonski wrote: »
    I've been using Nicon Coolscan for months while working with newspapers (about 8 years ago). The price is much below 13K, I believe, but - to be honest - we never tried large print. They were great anyway, and helped a lot during transformation from analog to digital...

    I have a coolscan V, the last consumer model before they discontinued them. Its great. Comparing the image quality to my canon 8600 (which I use for Medium format stuff) is like comparing apples and oranges, despite the canon's claimed higher resolution. There are three levels of coolscans. There's the coolscan V, the coolscan 5000 which has roll feed capability or the ability to attach a slide magazine, and the coolscan 9000 which is similar to the 5000 but ahs the ability to scan 120 aswell.

    If you're looking to digitise just for the web then I wouldn't bother getting anything other than maybe the epson mentioned above, AFAIK you can scan an entire roll of 35mm strips in one go on it ? If you're looking for scans for print or archive then go with the appropriate coolscan if you want to spend less than 5 or 6 thousand quid. Otherwise there are other top end scanners to consider.

    Roughly (when I bought my coolscan) the V was going for about 7-800 euros, the 5000 was going for about 1000 and the 9000 for about 2000. You can still score them new every now and again if you search around.


  • #5
    telecinesk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭telecinesk


    I also have an epson v750 , its wonderful. I tend to use 120 film with it, and the results are really nice.
    Even in Linux there is software that can work it, its called iscan and free. But the windows or OSX packages are very good that are supplied with the scanner.


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