Epson Canon film scanners?

[Yoricko]

Where to get em? Any reliable stores to recommend? What film scanner would you recommend?

Thanks,

[T.A.]

About 2 or 3 years back, I remember reading off the web reviews mentioning Nikon film scanners were good & expensive. I gave up that idea of getting one, no idea where to get them tho.

[xylestesins]

If you want Nikon scanner and have the budget to support it, you can head down to CP.

As for Epson, try the v500 or v700. Both are great scanners for the price

[boyboy]

where is a good place to get epson scanners, and how much is the V500/V700? i'm pretty keen on scanning my own negs.. hee hee

[boyboy]

Originally Posted by boyboy where is a good place to get epson scanners, and how much is the V500/V700? i'm pretty keen on scanning my own negs.. hee hee

my god.. the V700 is almost $900 bucks from online pricing . i guess i'll have to stick to those folks offering scanning services. their pricing looks very very reasonable now

[lomofool]

just heard that the v700 costs $788 at the IT show.....

cheers
D

[boyboy]

Originally Posted by lomofool just heard that the v700 costs $788 at the IT show..... cheers D

ic..

i'm now adjusting my expectations and aiming for the v500 instead. i think that should be good enuff, and more importantly, within my budget of abt $400.

[Yoricko]

Is canon any good? Thanks for the replies

[iceman]

what's the purpose/rationale/motivation of scanning?

i trying to hunt for scanners too. but the time to scan and archive my films may be take too long.

anyone, someone pointed me these :

http://www.adorama.com/IPIMEM.html?s...ner&item_no=10
http://www.adorama.com/VUFSC1VP.html...ner&item_no=15

i think a camera is being used to take a 5 MP pix of the slide.

[boyboy]

cool. i didn't know "dedicated film scanner" is so cheap. then again, like u say, camera taking picture of the film, but that's a 5mp camera we are talking abt. wonder if it's good quality or like hp camera.

i think flatbed is still better. the resolution of decent flatbeds are higher, and you can scan other stuff besides film as well. currently, gotta help my wife snap photos of some documents, quite troublesome, so i'm looking forward to getting my v500 pretty soon.. hee hee

didn't go IT fair but epson V500 was $398 there according to a friend who braved the crowds. i saw the canon canoscan 8800F at best denki for $319 (looks like a good deal to me!).epson V300 also at best denki (IMM) at $249. hope this helps. pity there was no v500 at Best, though. probably gotta head to funan or SLS to find it.

[iceman]

i was told that scanning a strip of negatives (6 negatives) takes about 30 minutes. if the camera takes a snap of the negative (1800 dpi as compared to 4000 dpi), it may be quite fast. that's why i asked on the rationale / purpose / motivation.

[boyboy]

Originally Posted by iceman i was told that scanning a strip of negatives (6 negatives) takes about 30 minutes. if the camera takes a snap of the negative (1800 dpi as compared to 4000 dpi), it may be quite fast. that's why i asked on the rationale / purpose / motivation.

depends on one's needs. i want high resolution from my 35mm film, in case i want to submit the shots to stock, or make huge prints (the latter is unlikely though).

5mp does sound pretty good, but i don't really know enough about the two products u mentioned. if there were samples and the quality at 5mp is comparable to a very good flatbed at the same resolution, it might be worth considering.

for other people who shoot bigger film formats, they'd also need a flatbed to scan their film. btw, i'm not sure how long a flatbed takes to scan, but it will scan more quickly at lower resolutions. still slower than the dedicated film "scanner" or not, i don't know

and as i mentioned earlier, flatbed can be useful for documents, since i don't already have an all in one printer/scanner/copier.

are u gonna get the products from the links u posted here?

[Yoricko]

I think I'm going for the Canoscan LiDe 700F (Coming out April), I don't plan to shoot slides or medium formats anytime soon and I shoot tons of B&W.
Considering 9600x9600 DPI and 16bit Grayscale with a decent Dmax, I think its a good call for me. Anyways, I only have about 6 rolls of negatives to scan for now (6 x 6 = 36 strips to scan!)

Any reputatble stores to recommend?

[iceman]

Originally Posted by boyboy depends on one's needs. i want high resolution from my 35mm film, in case i want to submit the shots to stock, or make huge prints (the latter is unlikely though). 5mp does sound pretty good, but i don't really know enough about the two products u mentioned. if there were samples and the quality at 5mp is comparable to a very good flatbed at the same resolution, it might be worth considering. for other people who shoot bigger film formats, they'd also need a flatbed to scan their film. btw, i'm not sure how long a flatbed takes to scan, but it will scan more quickly at lower resolutions. still slower than the dedicated film "scanner" or not, i don't know and as i mentioned earlier, flatbed can be useful for documents, since i don't already have an all in one printer/scanner/copier. are u gonna get the products from the links u posted here?

undecided as i am in no hurry to scan. one thing that is unknown is how good is the cmos sensor.

[boyboy]

just got my V500 scanner. i got it somewhere in between RRP of 448 and the IT fair price of 398. pretty decent price (not much more than IT fair lah.)

those interested can PM me. Will recommend the shop and salesman too. i think he might give a better price to u guys as i didn't drive a hard bargain

just pulled 28 megapixels from my first few scans of kodak 200. sure, not tack sharp at such high resolution ($3 a roll print film, can't ask for much!), but i'm still getting the hang of scanning. epson's hardware scratch and dust reduction really works too, automatically removes the scratches like magic!

can't wait to get my velvia 50 film scanned!!! but learning the ropes on my first roll of film. no need to scan at the shop liao, i'll save quite a penny in the long run

[iceman]

Originally Posted by boyboy just got my V500 scanner. i got it somewhere in between RRP of 448 and the IT fair price of 398. pretty decent price (not much more than IT fair lah.) those interested can PM me. Will recommend the shop and salesman too. i think he might give a better price to u guys as i didn't drive a hard bargain just pulled 28 megapixels from my first few scans of kodak 200. sure, not tack sharp at such high resolution ($3 a roll print film, can't ask for much!), but i'm still getting the hang of scanning. epson's hardware scratch and dust reduction really works too, automatically removes the scratches like magic! can't wait to get my velvia 50 film scanned!!! but learning the ropes on my first roll of film. no need to scan at the shop liao, i'll save quite a penny in the long run

how long does it take to scan a roll of 36 at the highest resolution?

[boyboy]

Originally Posted by iceman how long does it take to scan a roll of 36 at the highest resolution?

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

seriously, i dunno. there's no point rushing.

lemme explain. if i wanna scan at the highest resolution (optical, 6400 dpi, which gives something like 30++ megapixels? not sure abt the MP count.), i think it will take over an hour for just 12 frames. that's the max you can scan at one session, two 6-shot strips. i'd budget 1.5 hours with dust/scratch reduction.

i have been playing around with settings. for ISO200 neg film, i think 3200 DPI (12.3 megapixels approx) is the limit. any higher, no point. for fuji velvia 100, 4800 DPI (28 megapixels), but i'll have to downsample by a bit, which gives me 16mp usable.

at 3200dpi scan to jpeg, a more reasonable figure, it takes about 40 mins. no point trying to rush by turning off the dust/scratch reduction. cos it really works like a charm. don't use, will PP until siao.

scanning is not something you do and stone while waiting. you set it to scan then do other stuff, be it on computer or go and watch a show or something . i'm scanning now. can't sleep and itchy backside

now i'm thinking that the V300 is enough for most of my scanning needs. i get newton rings with my curled film anyway with the v500. so i try to flatten the film first, under my mattress (quite thick n heavy). the v700 has option of wet mounting which eliminates newton rings but costs a bomb. besides, wet mounting sounds ridiculously leh cheh.

the other thing i've tried is to scan the film upside down. colour seems marginally less vibrant and less contrasty but still beats newton rings.

[Yoricko]

Pity I can't use DICE/FARE. Damn Silver Halides.

Damn bloody Canoscan 700F LiDe better come out mid-April.