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Looking for film scanner
Looking for a scanner to convert my negatives to digital media.
Nothing fancy, with resolution good to show pictures on 19" PC monitor. Any idea how long it takes to scan one picture? I don't want to spend more then $300. Looking on the Web I found: Pacific Image PrimeFilm 3610AFL 3600dpi, $ 309.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3650u, 3600dpi - $ 269.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3600u, 3600 dpi, $ 209.95 Canon Canoscan 8600F Color Image Scanner $163.99 Microtek ScanMaker i800 $299.84 Canon CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner $89.99 Which one you recommend? Thanks, Zalek |
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:59:36 -0400, ZalekBloom wrote:
Looking for a scanner to convert my negatives to digital media. Nothing fancy, with resolution good to show pictures on 19" PC monitor. Any idea how long it takes to scan one picture? I don't want to spend more then $300. Looking on the Web I found: Pacific Image PrimeFilm 3610AFL 3600dpi, $ 309.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3650u, 3600dpi - $ 269.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3600u, 3600 dpi, $ 209.95 Canon Canoscan 8600F Color Image Scanner $163.99 Microtek ScanMaker i800 $299.84 Canon CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner $89.99 Which one you recommend? Thanks, Zalek You can also find some good Epson scanners on the Epson web site - neighborhood of $150 or less - the 4490 I have works fine. Scanning takes a LONG time - better to have a commercial outfit do them for you if your time is worth anything. |
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"Dennis Pogson" wrote in message ... Digital Ice costs money, but saves time in the apres-scan work. If you are good with Photoshop or PSP, and selective as to which of your scans are worth spending time on, you can live without Digital Ice. My Epson 4490 has Digital Ice and is not excessively expensive. As you said, for screen work it is fine. I even did some colour slides for a printed book. Took a bit longer but still impressive for the price of the machine. Gerrit - Oz |
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wrote in message ... Looking for a scanner to convert my negatives to digital media. Nothing fancy, with resolution good to show pictures on 19" PC monitor. Any idea how long it takes to scan one picture? I don't want to spend more then $300. Looking on the Web I found: Pacific Image PrimeFilm 3610AFL 3600dpi, $ 309.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3650u, 3600dpi - $ 269.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3600u, 3600 dpi, $ 209.95 Canon Canoscan 8600F Color Image Scanner $163.99 Microtek ScanMaker i800 $299.84 Canon CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner $89.99 Which one you recommend? We have a Canon 8600 and it seems to do a good job on 35mm slides. Takes about 30 minutes to scan 4 slides. Ron |
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Patrick Ziegler ImageQuest Photography "ray" wrote in message news On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:59:36 -0400, ZalekBloom wrote: Looking for a scanner to convert my negatives to digital media. Nothing fancy, with resolution good to show pictures on 19" PC monitor. Any idea how long it takes to scan one picture? I don't want to spend more then $300. Looking on the Web I found: Pacific Image PrimeFilm 3610AFL 3600dpi, $ 309.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3650u, 3600dpi - $ 269.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3600u, 3600 dpi, $ 209.95 Canon Canoscan 8600F Color Image Scanner $163.99 Microtek ScanMaker i800 $299.84 Canon CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner $89.99 Which one you recommend? Thanks, Zalek You can also find some good Epson scanners on the Epson web site - neighborhood of $150 or less - the 4490 I have works fine. Scanning takes a LONG time - better to have a commercial outfit do them for you if your time is worth anything. I have a Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual4 that I do not use anymore, I would let it go cheap. PZ www.imagequest.ifp3.com |
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Doug McDonald wrote:
David Dyer-Bennet wrote: And I would go up to the Nikon Coolscan V at $500. I have a Coolscan IV. It, and the ICE3, works, but a scanner with a diffuse light source would be much better to get rid of grain. Any suggestions? I've never liked diffuse light sources; always used a condenser enlarger in the darkroom, too. You can use GEM, or Noise Ninja or NeatImage, to get rid of grain you don't want easily enough. |
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