[ale] OT:Recommended scanners

[Scott Castaline]

Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 10:49 -0500, Scott Castaline wrote:
>   
>> Looking for a film scanner. I'd rather not get another flat bed scanner. 
>> I can't seem to find any lower priced scanners for scanning negatives. I 
>> have a ton of old 35mm and some negatives for the old Instamatic 126 & 
>> 110 formats that I'd like to scan into my system. I think I can justify 
>> the purchase to my significant other if it's not a flatbed as we already 
>> have an all-in-one. I've been emailing with the writer of Vuescan and he 
>> seems to push towards flat beds by Epson.
>>     
>
> 	I don't know about the 126 format but the 110's should be adaptable.
> 110 slides would be in 35mm sized carriers, anyways.  Film strips might
> be challenging.  I also had a few of those old "disk" format negatives.
>
> 	I'm in a similar situation and was contemplating this model:
>
> 	http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/SearchDetail.asp?productID=19138
>
> 	5 M pixel imaging.  48 bit, 3600 dpi.
>  
> 	They are (were) on sale at $85.00 with their catalog.
>
> 	Anyone with any experience?  I was tempted to get one and see how well
> it worked with sane.
>
> 	This one does not incorporate the IR scratch/dust detection like some
> models.  I saw a few other models up on E-Bay as high as 7200 DPI.  The
> ones with the IR compensation seem to be extremely ssslllooowww.
>
> 	Mike
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Looks interesting. As far as scratches goes, I think I should be able to 
remove using Gimp. Dust is just in proper handling and cleaning of the 
negatives, at least that was the case back in my dark room days, as well 
as dust in equipment.