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Looking for film scanner
"DBLEXPOSURE" wrote in message ... Patrick Ziegler ImageQuest Photography "ray" wrote in message news On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:59:36 -0400, ZalekBloom wrote: Looking for a scanner to convert my negatives to digital media. Nothing fancy, with resolution good to show pictures on 19" PC monitor. Any idea how long it takes to scan one picture? I don't want to spend more then $300. Looking on the Web I found: Pacific Image PrimeFilm 3610AFL 3600dpi, $ 309.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3650u, 3600dpi - $ 269.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3600u, 3600 dpi, $ 209.95 Canon Canoscan 8600F Color Image Scanner $163.99 Microtek ScanMaker i800 $299.84 Canon CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner $89.99 Which one you recommend? Thanks, Zalek You can also find some good Epson scanners on the Epson web site - neighborhood of $150 or less - the 4490 I have works fine. Scanning takes a LONG time - better to have a commercial outfit do them for you if your time is worth anything. I have a Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual4 that I do not use anymore, I would let it go cheap. PZ www.imagequest.ifp3.com how much and where are you? Hp |
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Looking for film scanner
"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message news:46303dcf$0$961
I would strongly suggest *not* considering anything that doesn't have Digital ICE or equivalent (infrared scan channel plus software to interpolate into damaged areas as revealed by the infrared scan channel; it eliminates dust and hairs and scratches amazingly well). I'd second that recommendation. Even my newly-developed film often has scratches that must be cleaned up. If it were not for ICE3 I would have abandoned film scanning. And I would go up to the Nikon Coolscan V at $500. But I haven't used the Pacific Image products, so I'm basing that opinion on reviews, not direct personal experience. I have the PrimeFilm PF3650Pro3, but I notice that it has been removed from both the Amazon site and from the manufacturer's site (www.scanace.com). I'm wondering if it has been withdrawn? It has Digital ICE3, it scans an entire roll of uncut negatives (so I can just let it scan automatically while I do something else), it scans individual slides, and it has 3600 optical resolution, which is more than the original Kokak "Photo CD" had (2048 x 3072). There is a full review he http://www2.hardwarezone.com/article...?cid=13&id=868 If anyone is looking for the best bang for the buck, they might want to check around and snap one of these up if they're still in the shops. I paid about $350.00 on Amazon.com for mine. Resolution isn't the issue; the issue is dmax and brightness range. At least you're doing negatives, so the dmax issue isn't so severe. I can't personally conceive of going to the trouble of scanning a lot of film, and not doing TOP quality scans. It's so little more trouble; the big cost is your time. I can so easily imagine regretting not having done top quality work later on, possibly when it's too late to remedy. |
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David Dyer-Bennet writes:
I've never liked diffuse light sources; always used a condenser enlarger in the darkroom, too. You can use GEM, or Noise Ninja or NeatImage, to get rid of grain you don't want easily enough. I've recently tried the Photoshop Plug-in 2.0 version of Kodak GEM and I it might be the best grain reduction solution (at least on the software side) that I've tried so far. I've also got GEM in my scanner software (Konica-Minolta Scan Elite 5400 II) but it doesn't really do much in my opinion. I've also tried Photoshop plug-ins Remove Grain 2, Noise Ninja, Neat Image and possibly one or two more that I can't remember. On my dual-core machine, the GEM Plugin is very fast too, at least compared to the Remove Grain 2 plug-in. I think it has a good trade-off between grain reduction and detail preservation and is fine-tunable. I've only tried the demo on a few images but so far it's very promising. I've also heard about a separate scanning aid called Scanhancer but haven't tried that. |
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jeremy wrote:
I have the PrimeFilm PF3650Pro3, but I notice that it has been removed from both the Amazon site and from the manufacturer's site (www.scanace.com). I'm wondering if it has been withdrawn? It has Digital ICE3, it scans an entire roll of uncut negatives (so I can just let it scan automatically while I do something else), it scans individual slides, and it has 3600 optical resolution, which is more than the original Kokak "Photo CD" had (2048 x 3072). That resolution (if taken literally) is adequate for nearly anything (certainly unless you have slides shot on very lowspeed films, on a tripod, with first-rate lenses :-)). The entire uncut roll thing sounds *so great* -- except that all the film I need to scan is already cut into strips of 1, 4, 5, or 6 frames. (The "1" is mounted slides, and I do have the slide feeder for my Nikon Coolscan 5000 ED). Also, the rare times I've had films returned uncut, it's been *much* more scratched up, probably from what they did to get the entire strip into a protective plastic sleeve, or else what they did to coil it up in the film can. So I don't think I'd have film returned uncut even if I were still shooting film. If I were processing it myself I'd probably scan it before cutting, though, if I had such a scanner. |
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Patrick Ziegler ImageQuest Photography "Harry Palmer" wrote in message ... "DBLEXPOSURE" wrote in message ... Patrick Ziegler ImageQuest Photography "ray" wrote in message news On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:59:36 -0400, ZalekBloom wrote: Looking for a scanner to convert my negatives to digital media. Nothing fancy, with resolution good to show pictures on 19" PC monitor. Any idea how long it takes to scan one picture? I don't want to spend more then $300. Looking on the Web I found: Pacific Image PrimeFilm 3610AFL 3600dpi, $ 309.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3650u, 3600dpi - $ 269.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3600u, 3600 dpi, $ 209.95 Canon Canoscan 8600F Color Image Scanner $163.99 Microtek ScanMaker i800 $299.84 Canon CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner $89.99 Which one you recommend? Thanks, Zalek You can also find some good Epson scanners on the Epson web site - neighborhood of $150 or less - the 4490 I have works fine. Scanning takes a LONG time - better to have a commercial outfit do them for you if your time is worth anything. I have a Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual4 that I do not use anymore, I would let it go cheap. PZ www.imagequest.ifp3.com how much and where are you? Hp Right now I am a deployed Soldier but I wll be home to South Dakota in six weeks or so. Price is Make an offer, I really don't use it anymore. It does have one quirk I need to disclose, From time to time the tractor feed sticks, all you need to do is give it a tap and it will then advance to the next slide. But, you cannot leave it un attended when doing a batch of six. You have to unstick it when it gets hung up or it will just sit and grind away. With that in mind and if you can wait until I get home, I am thinking in the $200 ball park. PZ www.imagequest.ifp3.com |
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"DBLEXPOSURE" wrote in message ... Patrick Ziegler ImageQuest Photography "Harry Palmer" wrote in message ... "DBLEXPOSURE" wrote in message ... Patrick Ziegler ImageQuest Photography "ray" wrote in message news On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:59:36 -0400, ZalekBloom wrote: Looking for a scanner to convert my negatives to digital media. Nothing fancy, with resolution good to show pictures on 19" PC monitor. Any idea how long it takes to scan one picture? I don't want to spend more then $300. Looking on the Web I found: Pacific Image PrimeFilm 3610AFL 3600dpi, $ 309.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3650u, 3600dpi - $ 269.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3600u, 3600 dpi, $ 209.95 Canon Canoscan 8600F Color Image Scanner $163.99 Microtek ScanMaker i800 $299.84 Canon CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner $89.99 Which one you recommend? Thanks, Zalek You can also find some good Epson scanners on the Epson web site - neighborhood of $150 or less - the 4490 I have works fine. Scanning takes a LONG time - better to have a commercial outfit do them for you if your time is worth anything. I have a Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual4 that I do not use anymore, I would let it go cheap. PZ www.imagequest.ifp3.com how much and where are you? Hp Right now I am a deployed Soldier but I wll be home to South Dakota in six weeks or so. Price is Make an offer, I really don't use it anymore. It does have one quirk I need to disclose, From time to time the tractor feed sticks, all you need to do is give it a tap and it will then advance to the next slide. But, you cannot leave it un attended when doing a batch of six. You have to unstick it when it gets hung up or it will just sit and grind away. With that in mind and if you can wait until I get home, I am thinking in the $200 ball park. PZ www.imagequest.ifp3.com It's a good price but I'll pass, I really need the thing now. I'm going to buy the coolscan this weekend. I saw the one that you have go on ebay for about $250+ so I'd sell it there if I were you. Good to hear you are coming home and thanks for looking out for us. Harry |
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Thanks harry, Appreciate hearing that,
I am not looking to move the scanner, I simply don't use it much so if anyone needs one and get use out of it, the deal stands. Good luck with your Coolscan. Patrick Ziegler ImageQuest Photography "Harry Palmer" wrote in message . .. "DBLEXPOSURE" wrote in message ... Patrick Ziegler ImageQuest Photography "Harry Palmer" wrote in message ... "DBLEXPOSURE" wrote in message ... Patrick Ziegler ImageQuest Photography "ray" wrote in message news On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:59:36 -0400, ZalekBloom wrote: Looking for a scanner to convert my negatives to digital media. Nothing fancy, with resolution good to show pictures on 19" PC monitor. Any idea how long it takes to scan one picture? I don't want to spend more then $300. Looking on the Web I found: Pacific Image PrimeFilm 3610AFL 3600dpi, $ 309.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3650u, 3600dpi - $ 269.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3600u, 3600 dpi, $ 209.95 Canon Canoscan 8600F Color Image Scanner $163.99 Microtek ScanMaker i800 $299.84 Canon CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner $89.99 Which one you recommend? Thanks, Zalek You can also find some good Epson scanners on the Epson web site - neighborhood of $150 or less - the 4490 I have works fine. Scanning takes a LONG time - better to have a commercial outfit do them for you if your time is worth anything. I have a Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual4 that I do not use anymore, I would let it go cheap. PZ www.imagequest.ifp3.com how much and where are you? Hp Right now I am a deployed Soldier but I wll be home to South Dakota in six weeks or so. Price is Make an offer, I really don't use it anymore. It does have one quirk I need to disclose, From time to time the tractor feed sticks, all you need to do is give it a tap and it will then advance to the next slide. But, you cannot leave it un attended when doing a batch of six. You have to unstick it when it gets hung up or it will just sit and grind away. With that in mind and if you can wait until I get home, I am thinking in the $200 ball park. PZ www.imagequest.ifp3.com It's a good price but I'll pass, I really need the thing now. I'm going to buy the coolscan this weekend. I saw the one that you have go on ebay for about $250+ so I'd sell it there if I were you. Good to hear you are coming home and thanks for looking out for us. Harry |
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"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message t... jeremy wrote: I have the PrimeFilm PF3650Pro3, but I notice that it has been removed from both the Amazon site and from the manufacturer's site (www.scanace.com). I'm wondering if it has been withdrawn? It has Digital ICE3, it scans an entire roll of uncut negatives (so I can just let it scan automatically while I do something else), it scans individual slides, and it has 3600 optical resolution, which is more than the original Kokak "Photo CD" had (2048 x 3072). That resolution (if taken literally) is adequate for nearly anything (certainly unless you have slides shot on very lowspeed films, on a tripod, with first-rate lenses :-)). The entire uncut roll thing sounds *so great* -- except that all the film I need to scan is already cut into strips of 1, 4, 5, or 6 frames. (The "1" is mounted slides, and I do have the slide feeder for my Nikon Coolscan 5000 ED). Also, the rare times I've had films returned uncut, it's been *much* more scratched up, probably from what they did to get the entire strip into a protective plastic sleeve, or else what they did to coil it up in the film can. So I don't think I'd have film returned uncut even if I were still shooting film. If I were processing it myself I'd probably scan it before cutting, though, if I had such a scanner. I have my film returned uncut so I can avoid having to stay with the scanner and keep on inserting strips. The first pass is pre-scan. That takes about 1 minute per frame. I can walk away and come back in half an hour, then select the images I want to have fully-scanned, I can rotate any of them that require it and I can turn on ICE3/ROC/GEM. Then the full scanning process begins. I can walk away again, for about 2 hours, and the roll is done. The ability to scan an entire roll makes the long scan time acceptable. |
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Looking for a scanner to convert my negatives to digital media. Nothing fancy, with resolution good to show pictures on 19" PC monitor. If you're going to the trouble to scan a negative you might as well get a reasonably good scanner so that you can print if desired. IOW avoid the flatbed scanners and go for a dedicated film scanner. 3000 - 4000 dpi scan resolution is enough but look for first version (not the "II") of the Minolta 5400 as well which can be had used for about 250 - 400$. The only two brands that I would recommend for reliabilty and support are Nikon and the Minolta. Canon: maybe. They screwed up earlier film scanners with a noisy power supply so they lost a lot of trust. There are others as well, just less well known. Minolta are of course out of this business now and Sony's position in film scanners is not clear. Get ICE if you can. Here is why: (mouse over the image). http://www.aliasimages.com/ScanScratch.htm also works wonders on dust. Any idea how long it takes to scan one picture? With edits, archiving and so on I average 15 minutes per frame using the Minolta 5400. 30 minutes using the Nikon 9000ED, but that's for other reasons. If you're less fussy, you can knock down about 10 per hour once you have your "routine" down (scanning while editing). I don't want to spend more then $300. Looking on the Web I found: Pacific Image PrimeFilm 3610AFL 3600dpi, $ 309.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3650u, 3600dpi - $ 269.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3600u, 3600 dpi, $ 209.95 Canon Canoscan 8600F Color Image Scanner $163.99 Microtek ScanMaker i800 $299.84 Canon CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner $89.99 Which one you recommend? Nikon V, Nikon 5000 (pricey). Used. Minolta 5400 (not -II), Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II, III. I'd avoid Canon even though they probably fixed their problems. Don't do flatbed. (The flatbed guys will howl, so what). Cheers, Alan -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. |
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Why not a flatbed? Here are a couple flatbeds from Epson that have good and
great resolution, come with Digital Ice, have good Dmax specs and can scan not only negs and slides but will handle prints and medium and large format negs if you like. 4800dpi http://tinyurl.com/27xt9t 6400 dpi http://tinyurl.com/2or38c PZ www.Imagequest.ifp3.com Patrick Ziegler ImageQuest Photography "Alan Browne" wrote in message ... wrote: Looking for a scanner to convert my negatives to digital media. Nothing fancy, with resolution good to show pictures on 19" PC monitor. If you're going to the trouble to scan a negative you might as well get a reasonably good scanner so that you can print if desired. IOW avoid the flatbed scanners and go for a dedicated film scanner. 3000 - 4000 dpi scan resolution is enough but look for first version (not the "II") of the Minolta 5400 as well which can be had used for about 250 - 400$. The only two brands that I would recommend for reliabilty and support are Nikon and the Minolta. Canon: maybe. They screwed up earlier film scanners with a noisy power supply so they lost a lot of trust. There are others as well, just less well known. Minolta are of course out of this business now and Sony's position in film scanners is not clear. Get ICE if you can. Here is why: (mouse over the image). http://www.aliasimages.com/ScanScratch.htm also works wonders on dust. Any idea how long it takes to scan one picture? With edits, archiving and so on I average 15 minutes per frame using the Minolta 5400. 30 minutes using the Nikon 9000ED, but that's for other reasons. If you're less fussy, you can knock down about 10 per hour once you have your "routine" down (scanning while editing). I don't want to spend more then $300. Looking on the Web I found: Pacific Image PrimeFilm 3610AFL 3600dpi, $ 309.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3650u, 3600dpi - $ 269.95 Pacific Image Prime-Film 3600u, 3600 dpi, $ 209.95 Canon Canoscan 8600F Color Image Scanner $163.99 Microtek ScanMaker i800 $299.84 Canon CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner $89.99 Which one you recommend? Nikon V, Nikon 5000 (pricey). Used. Minolta 5400 (not -II), Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II, III. I'd avoid Canon even though they probably fixed their problems. Don't do flatbed. (The flatbed guys will howl, so what). Cheers, Alan -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. |
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