Renting film scanners...
Discussion
Does anyone know of anywhere that rents film scanners out, or even has one they'd be prepared to rent out?
Most of my stuff is 35mm negatives, but there are a few rolls of APS, so the option of both may be handy.
Needs to be a decent quality scanner as I'm only borrowing the negs.
Not sure how long it takes to scan a negative, but am assuming something like a minute per frame. Would probably need to rent one for a month or two.
Am also considering buying one, but as all my gear is now digital, it'll have a limited shelf life (unless I then rent it out myself!).
Input gratefully received.
Most of my stuff is 35mm negatives, but there are a few rolls of APS, so the option of both may be handy.
Needs to be a decent quality scanner as I'm only borrowing the negs.
Not sure how long it takes to scan a negative, but am assuming something like a minute per frame. Would probably need to rent one for a month or two.
Am also considering buying one, but as all my gear is now digital, it'll have a limited shelf life (unless I then rent it out myself!).
Input gratefully received.
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murph7355 said:
Does anyone know of anywhere that rents film scanners out, or even has one they'd be prepared to rent out?
Am also considering buying one, but as all my gear is now digital, it'll have a limited shelf life (unless I then rent it out myself!).
Input gratefully received.
There seems to be a constant stream of lightly used scanners on ebay. Many seem to be selling for about the same as they cost in the stores - especially if you add the P&P costs.
I guess it is about the same as rental really - buy, use at leisure and sell again a couple of months later.
Scan times can vary a lot - many of the ads have the details or the links to the manufacturer web site claims.
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