What scanner to get...

Del_CtrlnoAlt · 25th October 2007

Budget less than 400... hopefully around 300+

Not really into those really tok gong scanners, since i dun do printing and only for web.

Basically, i need a scanner to scan mounted slides and xpan size slides. Yet to venture into MF, so 120 is not needed.

I normally use velvia & provia, and saw the provia 400X result, look darn good on my lightbox, hope to scan it.

Been thinking, either a simple slide duplicator on DSLR, or a flatbed, or a dedicated 35mm film scanner.

Please indicate price, availability and model... thanks..

KIV - Canon 8800F, Epson V500, KM SDIV

tribal.snake · 29th October 2007

have gotten the canon 8800f recently, readily available and priced around 300.
performance is good, IMO.
scan time is decent, able to do 120 and 35
color reproduction is ok.
not sure it compares with the epson though.

Del_CtrlnoAlt · 29th October 2007

Originally Posted by tribal.snake

have gotten the canon 8800f recently, readily available and priced around 300.
performance is good, IMO.
scan time is decent, able to do 120 and 35
color reproduction is ok.
not sure it compares with the epson though.

gotten a 8800f 2 days ago... notch bad... my 1st film scanner

furball · 30th October 2007

How long does it take to scan a frame at the maximum resolution for the 8800F ?

Del_CtrlnoAlt · 30th October 2007

Originally Posted by furball

How long does it take to scan a frame at the maximum resolution for the 8800F ?

u wanna time it for me? lol

its quite fast lah, but i dun need a full res, a 4800 takes about a min plus...

and its about 6mb jpg, which can't load into lightroom... shucks...

Del_CtrlnoAlt · 30th October 2007

oh ya, my 1 frame = normal 2 frame of 35mm...

furball · 30th October 2007

Just take as a gauge to how long it is going to scan one roll mah. Thanks for the info.

Del_CtrlnoAlt · 30th October 2007

Originally Posted by furball

Just take as a gauge to how long it is going to scan one roll mah. Thanks for the info.

haven scan 1 roll... i not doing this full time, normally after work or class then i do if i'm not tired, besides that, now only 4th day i gotten it...

an estimate is about 3 panorama slide 9600dpi about 15mins

25th October 2007	#1
Del_CtrlnoAlt Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Outside the Dry Box. Posts: 16,342	What scanner to get... Budget less than 400... hopefully around 300+ Not really into those really tok gong scanners, since i dun do printing and only for web. Basically, i need a scanner to scan mounted slides and xpan size slides. Yet to venture into MF, so 120 is not needed. I normally use velvia & provia, and saw the provia 400X result, look darn good on my lightbox, hope to scan it. Been thinking, either a simple slide duplicator on DSLR, or a flatbed, or a dedicated 35mm film scanner. Please indicate price, availability and model... thanks.. KIV - Canon 8800F, Epson V500, KM SDIV

29th October 2007	#2
tribal.snake Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: west side! Posts: 685	Re: What scanner to get... have gotten the canon 8800f recently, readily available and priced around 300. performance is good, IMO. scan time is decent, able to do 120 and 35 color reproduction is ok. not sure it compares with the epson though. Last edited by tribal.snake; 29th October 2007 at 09:22 AM.

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furball Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Stalking me ??? Posts: 132	Re: What scanner to get... Just take as a gauge to how long it is going to scan one roll mah. Thanks for the info.