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Recommendations for shops that scan old B&W negatives

  • 01-02-2011 12:05pm
    #1
    nuttz
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    Hi All,
    Would anyone have any recommendations for shops in Leinster, or even Munster that would scan negatives from the early 20th century (maybe 2 inch x 3inch, varying sizes also) at a reasonable price and does a good job?
    I would be happy with just digital copies, but if you have opinions on someone who does good prints copies, please share also.
    The negatives are in good condition, so I don't think much photoshopping will be needed.


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  • #2
    nuttz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭nuttz


    bump!


  • #3
    Borderfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,263 ✭✭✭✭Borderfox


    Give Steve a shout http://www.360-dpi.com/ if he cant do it, he can point you in the right direction


  • #4
    Effects
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Effects


    How many negs do you have? How much were you thinking it might cost?


  • #5
    nuttz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭nuttz


    Effects wrote: »
    How many negs do you have? How much were you thinking it might cost?

    about 150 negatives, I've been quoted at least €5 per negative, plus more if photoshop is required


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


    nuttz wrote: »
    about 150 negatives, I've been quoted at least €5 per negative, plus more if photoshop is required

    :eek: I'm in the wrong game ! Honestly you might be as well off buying a moderately priced flatbed with a transparency adapter and getting up to speed on how to do it yourself. If they're all at most 2 / 2.25 inches or so wide then a flatbed with the facility to scan medium format / 120 will do the job. There aren't as many technical pitfalls involved in scanning B&W (which I presume they all are if they're from the early 20th century) as there would be in doing colour. Do a search here for 'film scanning' or something similar for recommendations.


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  • #7
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    150 negs would take a good while to scan

    depends what ya wanna do with the scan as to whats best

    also theres a lot of work in cleaning and preparing them for scanning

    5 euros isnt much if you look at more serious scanning houses, metro in london would charge more like 40 or 50 for a very high quality scan

    few options are

    1. get a lightbox and choose just the ones you really want - ie keep cost down, do you really want all 150 of them??

    2. buy a scanner

    3. have a look at somewhere like rua red - you can rent the room with a good scanner in it


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