12-05-2006, 04:10 AM
My dad would like to get my mom a film scanner for xmas so she can start the gargantuan task of converting all her negs to digital. She has probably thousands of negatives, mostly 35mm, but probably some common older format as well.
It'd be great if there were a scanner that could do batches of negs. at a time--a feature that I see on several models that I've looked at.
We want good quality, but don't need museum quality. I'd guess $400 is the upper limit on this. She already has a decent flatbed scanner, so she wouldn't need that capability. I'd like something with either USB/USB 2 or Firewire connectivity. She's currently on a 14" ibook.
I've looked at a few Canons (8400F, 9950F), an Epson (4490), and a couple Microteks(i800, i700). I've used relatively recent Canon scanners as well as a microtek or two, so I'm familiar with their software, but I don't know much about film scanning.
Any recommendations or personal experiences to share?
It'd be great if there were a scanner that could do batches of negs. at a time--a feature that I see on several models that I've looked at.
We want good quality, but don't need museum quality. I'd guess $400 is the upper limit on this. She already has a decent flatbed scanner, so she wouldn't need that capability. I'd like something with either USB/USB 2 or Firewire connectivity. She's currently on a 14" ibook.
I've looked at a few Canons (8400F, 9950F), an Epson (4490), and a couple Microteks(i800, i700). I've used relatively recent Canon scanners as well as a microtek or two, so I'm familiar with their software, but I don't know much about film scanning.
Any recommendations or personal experiences to share?