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35mm film scanners recommend?
Would love anyone's recommendation on a good 35mm film scanner (yes, I'd prefer to scan myself). Doesn't need to be state-of-the-art or 'the absolute best', but I'd like a solid, reliable, and somewhat fast/speedy scanner who's software is compatible with the latest Mac OS. Feb 27 15 11:33 am Link The most important thing is to get a scanner with an IR channel in addition to the three colour channels. This will allow the scanner to remove dust spots and scratches. The dedicated 35mm Nikon Coolscan and Canon scanners both have IR channels. (Do not believe the disclaimers about IR not working with Kodachrome - it does just fine, at least with Canon.) You may need to buy a SCSI or firewire card to get the best out of them. You should also buy a copy of VueScan to control them. Buy the professional version, not only because it has more output options, but also because it will run any scanner in existence and has perpetual free upgrades. Feb 27 15 01:53 pm Link I've got a Plustek scanner that does a pretty good job. And also over in the DPreview forums a bunch of people ran a thead on add-on devices to stick on your DSLRs to shoot slides: if it works, you sure couldn's beat it for speed. Unless the results require a lot of post. Feb 27 15 02:04 pm Link I have a canon 9000. It has trays for varying sized films except unfortunately 4X5 and up. It will recognize the tray and scan accordingly. It does I think a great simple job and couldn't be easier. That said it is already a few years old and I thing others on the market right now are cheaper and possibly better. Feb 27 15 06:36 pm Link I can second the Nikon Coolscan Does the best quality of any desktop unit I ever tried No Flatbed unit comes close in my experience that includes the much Vaunted Epson V750 Feb 27 15 07:10 pm Link Brooklyn Bridge Images wrote: Agreed. The 750 is 'the standard' because it's the best affordable scanner for 4x5 and batches. I love mine, but it's still a flatbed. Feb 28 15 06:16 am Link You probably won't find any scanners other than discontinued ones. nikon discontinued theirs a few years ago. A few entrepreneurs bought out all the existing stock at full retail waited till Nikon made an official announcement and put the stock on eBay. At substantial profit. nikon made some of the best scanners out there The 35mm scanners were the LS 4000-5000 The MF was the 9000 Minolta made a really good scanner as well The epson v750 is serviceable but nowhere as clean as a film scanner I think hassleblad marketed a line of scanners as well pricey.. plustek tried to fill the void when Nikon and MinoltaKonica stopped making film scanners. But I think the owners of the Nikon scanners would say plustek quality is not the same. I have an older. Coolscan 4000 for 35mm. Wish I could've spent the 1800$ for the 9000 when it was available. I shoot 120-220 film as well. Looks like I'll have stalk ebay for a used 9000. The epson v750 is ok. But the older 9000 is better for film. Btw. Hamricks vue scan software is probably the most used software. But you still need a good piece of hardware. Feb 28 15 11:17 am Link Read your post, then surfed over to another forum and saw this ad, http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/ind … ic=98121.0 The $1175 price is maybe a tad high for a Coolscan 5000, but not totally outrageous. Edit: I just noticed this is the Coolscan V, so maybe not the best choice. Feb 28 15 11:29 am Link You can pick up a Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II for around 100 bucks. I have one and it works fine. With more recent versions of Windows some film scanners may not have a driver. In my case I downloaded Vuescan. Feb 28 15 12:34 pm Link The Nikon Coolscan does a good job, but these days, you can get really good scans on a combo printer / scanner. Epson is a good choice for that. The advantage there, is you are not limited, on format. You can scan anything from 35mm format to anything that will fit on the scanner, usually at least 4x5, if not larger. Feb 28 15 01:15 pm Link descending chain wrote: NOt entirely sure what the naming conventions are for the NIkons the V may be be the 5000. newer models have better optics and improved Dmax, There are software that removes scratches or built into the machine. Its a damn shame Nikon stopped making scanners years ago... Feb 28 15 01:28 pm Link I've got a Nikon Super Cool Scan 4000 with ICE and all the attachments I'd sell. Forgot I even had it until seeing this thread. Hardly ever used too. Feb 28 15 03:15 pm Link the lonely photographer wrote: The 750 is identical to the 700. It just comes with the wet mount kit and a different badge. And depending on when you bought it, aftermarket film holders and the cheaper 8 bit version of Silverfast. Feb 28 15 11:00 pm Link I've been using a Canon 4000 for years, scanned over 1,000 35mm chromes with it that I make money from every day on stock sales. I've used the Nikon coolscans and prefer the Canon. I don't use any auto retouching built in to the scanners. Depending on the final output needs the 2870 USB by Canon scanners can be had for next to nothing and they can do a really good job. Mar 01 15 05:48 pm Link Lucas_Smith wrote: I still use my Coolscan, Nikon. works great.. you can scratch your slides or negatives and use gelatin to manipulate them before you scan to enhance and play with them.. Mar 01 15 09:18 pm Link Right Poes wrote: This. I have the older Canon CanoScan 8800F, basically the same. Got it for $35 off of craigslist, and it scans 35mm at a quite acceptable quality for web images, and does great with 120 medium format film. Mar 03 15 03:13 pm Link |
