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  #11  
Old April 16th 17, 01:30 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Eric Stevens
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Default Film scanners?

On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:32:37 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:

On Saturday, 15 April 2017 08:23:00 UTC-4, newshound wrote:
I realise that this question doesn't have a simple answer, but it is
time I started scanning some of my old 35 mm slides and negatives
(mostly b&w).

I would really welcome some comments or experience on hardware in the
"keen amateur" price bracket.

I know I can also "farm it out" but I'm interested in doing some myself
at least to get a feel for what results to inspect. Is there anything
which stands out towards the budget end in terms of value for money or
ease of use?

Thanks in advance

Steve


Get a film holder and use a DSLR or other 10+ megapixel camera. Film scanning is dead.


Consistent control of lighting is difficult if you do it that way.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens
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Old April 16th 17, 01:52 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Film scanners?

In article , Eric Stevens
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Get a film holder and use a DSLR or other 10+ megapixel camera. Film
scanning is dead.


Consistent control of lighting is difficult if you do it that way.


actually that aspect is very easy. trivial, in fact.
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Old April 16th 17, 02:34 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Russell D.[_3_]
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On 04/15/2017 09:45 AM, nospam wrote:
In article ,
newshound wrote:

I realise that this question doesn't have a simple answer, but it is
time I started scanning some of my old 35 mm slides and negatives
(mostly b&w).

I would really welcome some comments or experience on hardware in the
"keen amateur" price bracket.

I know I can also "farm it out" but I'm interested in doing some myself
at least to get a feel for what results to inspect. Is there anything
which stands out towards the budget end in terms of value for money or
ease of use?


buy a used nikon coolscan, scan all of your film, then sell it when
you're done, as you won't be needing it anymore.

Exactly what I was thinking when I bought my CoolScan. Then I got bored
with digital and started shooting film again. Glad I didn't sell it.

quality scanners hold their value, so you'll be able to sell it for
roughly what you paid for it (possibly even a bit more), making the
effective cost for the hardware close to zero (possibly a small
profit).


True.
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Old April 16th 17, 02:37 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Russell D.[_3_]
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Default Film scanners?

On 04/15/2017 05:32 PM, RichA wrote:
On Saturday, 15 April 2017 08:23:00 UTC-4, newshound wrote:
I realise that this question doesn't have a simple answer, but it is
time I started scanning some of my old 35 mm slides and negatives
(mostly b&w).

I would really welcome some comments or experience on hardware in the
"keen amateur" price bracket.

I know I can also "farm it out" but I'm interested in doing some myself
at least to get a feel for what results to inspect. Is there anything
which stands out towards the budget end in terms of value for money or
ease of use?

Thanks in advance

Steve


Get a film holder and use a DSLR or other 10+ megapixel camera.


Another possibility.

Film scanning is dead.


Wrong.
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Old April 16th 17, 02:37 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Russell D.[_3_]
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Default Film scanners?

On 04/15/2017 05:35 PM, nospam wrote:
In article ,
RichA wrote:

I realise that this question doesn't have a simple answer, but it is
time I started scanning some of my old 35 mm slides and negatives
(mostly b&w).

I would really welcome some comments or experience on hardware in the
"keen amateur" price bracket.

I know I can also "farm it out" but I'm interested in doing some myself
at least to get a feel for what results to inspect. Is there anything
which stands out towards the budget end in terms of value for money or
ease of use?


Get a film holder and use a DSLR or other 10+ megapixel camera.


another option, but not a very good one, particularly for negatives.

Film scanning is dead.


film is dead.

Really wrong.
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Old April 16th 17, 02:38 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Russell D.[_3_]
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Default Film scanners?

On 04/15/2017 06:52 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:


Get a film holder and use a DSLR or other 10+ megapixel camera. Film
scanning is dead.


Consistent control of lighting is difficult if you do it that way.


actually that aspect is very easy. trivial, in fact.


Yup.
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Old April 16th 17, 02:41 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Russell D.[_3_]
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Default Film scanners?

On 04/15/2017 06:22 AM, newshound wrote:
I realise that this question doesn't have a simple answer, but it is
time I started scanning some of my old 35 mm slides and negatives
(mostly b&w).

I would really welcome some comments or experience on hardware in the
"keen amateur" price bracket.

I know I can also "farm it out" but I'm interested in doing some myself
at least to get a feel for what results to inspect. Is there anything
which stands out towards the budget end in terms of value for money or
ease of use?

Thanks in advance

Steve

The only thing that I can add to the mostly excellent advice already
given is to purchase VueScan. It is far superior to any of the software
that comes with scanners.

Russell
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Old April 16th 17, 02:49 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Bill W
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Default Film scanners?

On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 12:30:24 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote:

On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 16:32:37 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:

On Saturday, 15 April 2017 08:23:00 UTC-4, newshound wrote:
I realise that this question doesn't have a simple answer, but it is
time I started scanning some of my old 35 mm slides and negatives
(mostly b&w).

I would really welcome some comments or experience on hardware in the
"keen amateur" price bracket.

I know I can also "farm it out" but I'm interested in doing some myself
at least to get a feel for what results to inspect. Is there anything
which stands out towards the budget end in terms of value for money or
ease of use?

Thanks in advance

Steve


Get a film holder and use a DSLR or other 10+ megapixel camera. Film scanning is dead.


Consistent control of lighting is difficult if you do it that way.


I bought a light box specifically for this. I had a negative holder
from an enlarger, and attached that to the box, and then velcro'd the
whole thing to the wall. (A copy stand probably would have been a much
better choice.) The "scanning" itself was extremely fast - the
negatives slid easily through the holder, and I used a remote for the
shutter, but the processing took a long time. In fact, I never did
finish that part. I did do a negative conversion on all of them in LR
or something, so now I can see what the photos are, and I can finish
processing the individual photos that I think are worth it. I also
understand that 24 MP is recommended for the camera. I used 16, and
they came out fine, but the originals are really nothing special. They
were all taken with mediocre lenses, all handheld, and all taken by a
rank amateur.
  #19  
Old April 16th 17, 03:02 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Film scanners?

In article , Russell D.
wrote:


buy a used nikon coolscan, scan all of your film, then sell it when
you're done, as you won't be needing it anymore.

Exactly what I was thinking when I bought my CoolScan. Then I got bored
with digital and started shooting film again.


bored with digital? there's so much more it can do versus film. how can
anyone be bored with it?

Glad I didn't sell it.


ok.
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Old April 16th 17, 03:02 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Film scanners?

In article , Russell D.
wrote:

The only thing that I can add to the mostly excellent advice already
given is to purchase VueScan. It is far superior to any of the software
that comes with scanners.


definitely.

the bundled scanner software is mostly garbage.
 




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