recommend a good negative/photo scanner
Discussion
I have lots of old negatives, my Father ran a photo business and I would like to turn his negatives into digital images. They vary from 120 to 35mm both B&W and Colour. I also have many prints which again I would like to digitise.
I have an Epson Stylus all in one and like the ease of use when scanning, really need something that I can scan and save quickly, I have 100s to do! .
I have an Epson Stylus all in one and like the ease of use when scanning, really need something that I can scan and save quickly, I have 100s to do! .
It really depends on how much material you have to scan and what sort of quality of result you want.
For a dedicated slide scanner, take a look at the Nikon Super Coolscan 5000. You can scan slides one at a time, or you can buy the multi-feed attachment which allows you to load 30-50 slides at once (depending on the type of mount - cardboard or plastic) and then "batch" scan them and save them all. As an example, if you want a file size of say 6-7 MB, then each scan will take approximately 1 minute, so the ability to set it running and leave it is very good.
If you have strips of negatives, you can buy an attachment that allows you to scan these as well. A review of that machine can be found at http://slidescannerreview.co.uk/nikon-super-coolsc...
An alternative is a flatbed scanner. Look at the Epson V750 here :-
http://www.photoi.co.uk/Reviews/interactive/Epson%...
This one comes with several plastic holders that allow you to scan slides or negatives - both 35mm and medium format.
I own both of these machines and have achieved good results. As I said, it depends how much material you need to scan, and the results that you want. I was happy to spend more as I have a huge archive of my grandfather's material to scan - approximately 30,000 negatives and slides - he was a well known amateur photographer in the 1940-1960 period. Examples can be seen at http://www.sdjouhar.com/
A third alternative is to have them professionally scanned and have the raw scans saved to a CD for you to colour-correct individually (which you will probably need to do if the material is particularly old) - I have colour slides from the late 1930's which have turned out well with a bit of post-scan processing. Good Luck.
For a dedicated slide scanner, take a look at the Nikon Super Coolscan 5000. You can scan slides one at a time, or you can buy the multi-feed attachment which allows you to load 30-50 slides at once (depending on the type of mount - cardboard or plastic) and then "batch" scan them and save them all. As an example, if you want a file size of say 6-7 MB, then each scan will take approximately 1 minute, so the ability to set it running and leave it is very good.
If you have strips of negatives, you can buy an attachment that allows you to scan these as well. A review of that machine can be found at http://slidescannerreview.co.uk/nikon-super-coolsc...
An alternative is a flatbed scanner. Look at the Epson V750 here :-
http://www.photoi.co.uk/Reviews/interactive/Epson%...
This one comes with several plastic holders that allow you to scan slides or negatives - both 35mm and medium format.
I own both of these machines and have achieved good results. As I said, it depends how much material you need to scan, and the results that you want. I was happy to spend more as I have a huge archive of my grandfather's material to scan - approximately 30,000 negatives and slides - he was a well known amateur photographer in the 1940-1960 period. Examples can be seen at http://www.sdjouhar.com/
A third alternative is to have them professionally scanned and have the raw scans saved to a CD for you to colour-correct individually (which you will probably need to do if the material is particularly old) - I have colour slides from the late 1930's which have turned out well with a bit of post-scan processing. Good Luck.
Thanks for the advice. Steering towards an Epson flatbed, my budget was up to £200 so maybe the V600 if I spend a bit more.
http://www.epson.co.uk/gb/en/viewcon/corporatesite...
I have a few hundred negatives and plenty of B&W prints that I'd like to digitise, speed is not too important, It's going to be a winter project and give me something to do on dark evenings.
http://www.epson.co.uk/gb/en/viewcon/corporatesite...
I have a few hundred negatives and plenty of B&W prints that I'd like to digitise, speed is not too important, It's going to be a winter project and give me something to do on dark evenings.
I bought a Canon Canoscan 5600F which gets good reviews. Trouble is that I bought it when Amazon had it on offer so their current price of £238 is very unappealing.
If you can find it cheap, it's a good unit - quite big though.
I did about 1500 negatives and then my computer crashed (unrelated)....sigh....so back them up whatever you use.
If you can find it cheap, it's a good unit - quite big though.
I did about 1500 negatives and then my computer crashed (unrelated)....sigh....so back them up whatever you use.
The Epson flat beds offer very good value.
but you should definitely consider outsourcing it because 1. quality will be miles superior; 2. doing it yourself will take absolutely ages - and then you will have to colour balance them all, and this isnt easy to do well unless you have a lot of experience; and 3. the cost can be very reasonable and goes down for quantity
try
www.ag-photolab.co.uk
but you should definitely consider outsourcing it because 1. quality will be miles superior; 2. doing it yourself will take absolutely ages - and then you will have to colour balance them all, and this isnt easy to do well unless you have a lot of experience; and 3. the cost can be very reasonable and goes down for quantity
try
www.ag-photolab.co.uk
Gassing Station | Photography & Video | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff