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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. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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Film scanners?
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. |
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Film scanners?
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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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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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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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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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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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. |
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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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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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