Recommendation on Photo Scanner

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ajishc

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HI All,

I use 120 and 127 films with my Yashica 124g and 44a. Any recommendation for reasonably priced good photo scanner that can scan the negatives?

Ajish
 
ajishc said:
Thanks All,

I saw this on Amazon Canon CanoScan 8800F Color Film/Negative/Photo Scanner (2168B002)http://www.amazon.com/Canon-CanoSca...8B002/dp/B000V2QCQI/ref=tag_tdp_sv_edpp_pop_t

Anybody have experience with this?
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You may see one of the photo I scan (the only colored one) in my gallery. I think it is ok. (I use vuescan.) I have a Epson in the past (I think it is 4870) which is similar in quality. I think it is ok for medium format and given its price, it would not cost too much experiement. But if you want the quality, it would be better go for the V7xx series or even better medium format film scanner.
 
dng88 said:
You may see one of the photo I scan (the only colored one) in my gallery. I think it is ok. (I use vuescan.) I have a Epson in the past (I think it is 4870) which is similar in quality. I think it is ok for medium format and given its price, it would not cost too much experiement. But if you want the quality, it would be better go for the V7xx series or even better medium format film scanner.
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Sorry, post the wrong photo. But I do have one that is from an older Yashica 124g I taken four years ago and used that canoscan 8800f. It is quite good. I would try to post that later.
 
Flatbed scanners like Epson V700 0r V750 with Doug Fisher's glass film holder and a careful choice of film (it has to be thick to avoid flatness issues) will give you quality sufficiently good, especially with B&W for up to 6x enlargement. If you want to print bigger, the only real option is the Nikon CS 9000 with the glass holder. If this is too expensive, it might make more sense to sell your medium format cameras and stick to 35mm with a good scanner like Nikon CS 5000.
 
As I said- invert the logic then: sell your MF cameras and buy a better 35mm scanner... as a lower budget alternative you could try Epson 4990, always with Doug's holder.
 
ajishc said:
400-500 is way over my budget (my wife will kill me :))
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I bought a used epson 3170 last year for £40 ($75) and it's okay with mf negatives but I wouldn't recommend it for 35mm.

This is a 124G negative scanned on the 3170.


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I do not agree with mfogiel. I think if one can live with the limitation of MF (you are going to shoot 600mm bird in flight or macro easily), a simple scanner can do great job. Not super but it will do.
 
I use the Epson 4990, fore runner of the V700 series. It is a great scanner for both 35mm and MF. Perhaps I have an exceptional copy, but I prefer its output to the dedicated 35mm scanner I have. YMMV, but I love the Epson flatbeds for all kinds of scanning. The Epson will also let you automatically scan up to 24 35mm images in one pass. Try doing that with a dedicated 35mm scanner.

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The 4990 is considered as as good as the V700. It can be found relatively cheap but they are rather rare second hand because they are good.
The V700 costs about 700€ if I remember well.
My 230€ V500 performs very correctly but is unsufficiant for 35mm, well it can be good for "contact printing" before actually choosing which picture is worth printing. But for MF it's good enough. See the example. The only thing is that you need to work on the colour and it takes a lot of time before you learn how to do it properly. Good exercise though! And it's the same for any scanner, with GIMP it just works fine (and GIMP is free).
 

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I think the Epson v500 does medium format and is in your price rage. 220USD at Amazon. Haven't used one, but I really like my 750 pro.

I know in the OP you mentioned 120 & 127 - you might have to get creative to scan the 127. Like make you own film holder from matboard, no biggie...



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Generally speaking I've never used a flatbed scanner that was worth a dime.

Granted, I've never used the v700 or the other (forerunner) version.

I've used flatbeds before and they always seemed to give me images that were never in focus and had horrible dynamic range.

But it seems the v700 is a good choice according to most.
 
thomasw_ said:
v700 with the betterscanning.com 120 glass film holders. many like this.
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Or for better price... (Often found new for $200-boughtmine at Best Buy) the V500. Then get the betterscanning film holders.

The Epson film holders are a joke and a huge waste of your time.

But the V500 does everything the V700 will do for less than half the money, except large format.
 
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