Any recommendations for scanning 6x7 cm transparencies?

[malc350]

Hi, anyone know who can scan my transparencies? I have a few of my best images taken on the old RB67 which I need digitised.

Preferably in the London or Home Counties areas if poss so I can take them in rather than having the hassle of posting as most are one-offs so if they're lost their lost

Only requirement is that they must be a professional operation, i.e. I'm not looking for a budget way to scan or anything, just the highest quality scans.

Will be interesting to see the file sizes of the resulting scans!

Malc

Edited by malc350 on Tuesday 30th December 19:18

[nogginthenog]

I haven't had anything scanned for many years, so this recommendation isn't from experience, but I hear good things about this company :

http://www.genesis-digital.net/index.html

[malc350]

nogginthenog said:

I haven't had anything scanned for many years, so this recommendation isn't from experience, but I hear good things about this company :

http://www.genesis-digital.net/index.html

Cheers dude but they look like £40-£50 per scan and I may have 30-50 scans at least, even if I'm really only concentrating on my best images...

Gulp. I may be better off buying a scanner? That's what I did when I archived my 35mm transparency collection and then I sold the scanner. However a scanner capable of dealing with 6x7 will be rather expensive...

Guess I'll keep looking.

[nogginthenog]

another thought is :

http://www.genieimaging.co.uk/greenlab/digital_pri...

they are £28 per-scan for 6 or more scans, and I bet you could ask for a hefty discount for 30 or more scans?

Or how about hiring a scanner? Not sure who does that though. You could start with the Association of Photographers :

http://hub.the-aop.org/

or :

http://www.photofusion.org/digital/bureauservices....

again - I can't vouch for the quality, this is just a name I have heard mentioned in photographic circles.

Good luck.

[malc350]

Cheers I'll be mercenary about which transparencies I want scanned meanwhile and maybe base who I use in how many I end up with. I do think I'll have quite a few to be scanned though!

Malc

[nogginthenog]

do you need drum-scan quality? You can get surprisingly good results from a basic Epson scanner :

http://www.jigsaw24.com/default.aspx?ITEM=JIGSX611...

it's a job I find a bit like having teeth pulled though!

[malc350]

nogginthenog said:

do you need drum-scan quality? You can get surprisingly good results from a basic Epson scanner :

http://www.jigsaw24.com/default.aspx?ITEM=JIGSX611...

it's a job I find a bit like having teeth pulled though!

Yeah, I found scanning 35mm on a Nikon Coolscan was like that, 6x7 will be like being hung, drawn and quartered.

P.S. I don't think that Epson would be good enough!

Malc