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  • filmfred
    Participant

    I’ve got myself loads of 35mm negs stored in boxes here, anyone here scanning their own negs ?

    Any recommendations on scanners and how to actually work on them after scanning ?

    thanks
    fred the film guy

    LoGill
    Participant

    sorry – strictly digital for me :shock: ….. can’t help ya

    Lorraine

    Mark
    Keymaster

    Primarily digital here, but I know that one of the other members here uses a scanner so you ought to get an answer

    yeah I am scanning, though only b&w, never tried colour but roughly here goes

    if you are only doing 35mm get a proper film scanner, if you need to do medium format too you’ll have to make do with a flatbed or spend a lot of money

    Digital ICE type software does not work with proper b&w films, you will have to spot the scans manually afterwards in photoshop with the healing brush, this can be tedious. minimize this by keeping the negs clean and giving them a blast with the blower before scanning

    if you have a lot of colour negs to scan definately get one with digital ice, if you are only doing b&w like me you might aswell save yer cash

    Minolta scanners seem to be a good and a damn site cheaper than the nikon offerings, i have an old scan dual III, fine for me

    The software that comes with scanners aint alway that good. I use vuescan instead of the minolta software.

    once i have the stuff scanned i just clean the image up and adjust the levels, job done

    scanning can be tedious and time consuming imho, you will need to spend a lot of time playing with scanning software settings depending on the scanner and film being scanned

    Underexposed negatives do not scan well

    b&w scans the grain tends to get emphasised a bit

    I find I get better results scanning slightly more modern emulsions like Neopan rather than traditional films like HP5+, this my just be my technique needing work though

    gooner
    Participant

    What sort of scanner are you using for yours ?
    Thanks Gooner

    i have an old scan dual III

    gerardk
    Participant

    I am in the same situation, I have rakes of negatives and dont want to do it half -arsed – I want to use a good quality scanner but dont want to shell out for an expensive piece of kit I will only ever use for about a week. Before it goes back in its box or before I sell it for about half what I paid for it.

    I have asked before elsewhere and got no answer but what the hell – does anyone know where I can rent a good quality/ high end negative scanner for a few days / a week ?

    I tend to use ebay for this sort of thing, buy it , try it, sell it

    I have done this with a number of lenses, an F4, f3HP, 2 x f100 and a yashicamat :) so far i have made money on most too

    The problem with the scanner I suppose is the weight for the postage, I got mine posted to a UK address and brought over by family

    likely you will want the scanner for longer than you think, its time consuming and you are going to be spending a good bit of time playing with settings before you have got the hang of scanning.

    gerardk
    Participant

    Hmm – your probably right. Thinking about it now I am going to put this off much later in the year as it will take a while to get through them all- and when the weathers crap theres not always as much to be out photographing anyway.

    Roberto
    Member

    I scanning my negatives and slides (b&w, colour, 35mm and medium) with Epson scanner.
    Mostly i use the auto function and the result is great. Only the time is too much.

    freshphoto
    Participant

    I use a nikon coolscan 8000 id say u could pick one up now for next to nothing and the results are second to none.

    gerry

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