Re: OT 35mm Film Scanners

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you considered have them done, instead ... if you have the=20
negatives, there are many who could put them onto CD ... we use=20
Directfoto for our 35mm films, and find them exceptionally good for teh=20
quality of their prints ... 'not tried their CD service, but I'd expect=20
it to be good ...

Chris




paul_watkin wrote:

> Apologies for the OT post, there is a tenuous HA link as I need to
> scan pictures of the house I have been renovating (or gadgetising as
> SWMBO calls it).
>
> I know a number of people on the list are interested in photography
> and would be gratefull of recomendations for a good 35 mm film strip
> scanner??
>
> Needs to be capable of scanning more than one negative at a time and
> ideally be around 4000dpi and most importantly QUICK (in total about
> 7,000 frames will need transfering to digital)
>
> Currently I am looking at two Nion units (LS50 and LS5000) as well as
> a Microtek 4000tf, so would be very grateful of any personal
> experiences people have had with these? Especially, is the extra
=A3275
> for the LS5000 really worth it??
>
> regards
>
> Paul
>



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