David HoDoes anyone have film scanner recommendations?
Jim Hughes ☢️@davidho flatbed with transparency (Epson for example) give you a lot of flexibility in terms of formats and bulk scanning, but the glass is a magnet for fingerprints scratches etc!
@sideshow_jim What if I'm lazy and I want to feed 35 mm film strips into a machine and have it automatically scan a few frames?
@davidho Nikon coolscan range was very good as I recall for that (although 2nd hand market now). Don't know owt about the plustek ones unfortunately (think they allow the "stick a strip in and hit go" approach but don't know if they're any good)
Rob C@davidho @sideshow_jim like, a negative scanner? Most professional scanners will let you do it and it’s an easy conversion in Photoshop.
Seconding recs for the Epson scanners. They’re excellent.
Guido Bibra@davidho I would recommend the Epson V600 - pricey nowadays but can scan 35mm and medium format. It can scan two film strips up to 12 images in one go, but of course it's slower than a dedicated film scanner. The quality is amazing though - at 6400 dpi you can get a 50mp scan out of a 35mm frame.
ChrisR@guidobibra @davidho Interesting, for 120 I'd agree with you, but for 135 I'd go for at least a V700. The flexibility is good though.
@guidobibra @davidho Sorry, missed this. Agree on price inflation; looking to replace my failing Plustek 7500i and the 8200i is close to £400!
Tony@davidho I recommend staying away from flatbeds. They all offer a lot of flexibility and cover a lot of formats, but they're largely sub-par compared to dedicated scanners.
I jumped from a Canoscan 9000f to a dedicated 35mm Plustek scanner back in 2020. The sharpness and quality was like night and day.
Jon Bosak@coldkennels @davidho I use a Nikon Coolscan 9000 for both 35mm (up to two strips of 6 at a time), 6x6 (one strip of three at a time), and 6x9 (one strip of two at a time). I'm pretty sure that without true 4000 dpi resolution and 16 bit depth (48 for color) I'd be up the creek when it comes to full control in "printing" the images. So I can highly recommend these scanners. But damn they're expensive.
yourgenar@davidho
an old nikon Coolscan V (5, 5000 or 9000) gives a very good quality.
an old nikon Coolscan V (5, 5000 or 9000) gives a very good quality.