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Slide/negative scanner advice
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I shoot in film and digital, but I want to just develop the film to negative only and then upload to the computer, so I’m looking for a recommendation for a slide/negative scanner. I’d like to set a budget of €100-€200, but not if it compromises too much on quality. From looking around I see that you can spend €1000+ on some models.
Any other advice around this subject would also be welcome.
Paul
I use Epson V700 flatbed scanner which comes in around €600-700 & gives v.good results & I would be surprised if you could get a lower budget scanner that gives quality, but thats relative.
Hi Paul… I made the same question not so long ago… if you do a little search, you can find a lot of good suggestions
Cheers
a.Epson 3490 cost about £70 and works OK though my previous scanner, an Epson 4490 (I think) could handle and scan twice as many negs. I dropped it and broke it and couldn’t afford anything better than the 3490 at the time. I’m not doing as much film work since finishing the course I was on, so the 3490 is grand for everything I’m doing at present. Not sure what the max resolution is offhand, maybe 1200 dpi? Good enough for anything.
Epson 3490 cost about £70 and works OK though my previous scanner, an Epson 4490 (I think) could handle and scan twice as many negs. I dropped it and broke it and couldn’t afford anything better than the 3490 at the time. I’m not doing as much film work since finishing the course I was on, so the 3490 is grand for everything I’m doing at present. Not sure what the max resolution is offhand, maybe 1200 dpi? Good enough for anything.
I have an Epson v500 with I’m very happy with, I believe a couple of others here have the same one, Expresbro for one. I’m not sure of price in Ireland.
I can’t say anything about it compared to other scanners, but I could point you to some example scans. I use it for 120 and 135 film negs.
Martin
I have an Epson V500 flatbed scanner also and am very happy with it.
Also had a loan of a V700 for several months too and it was also very good.i have a v750 pro and an imacon flexlight precision virtual drum scanner
if all you want to do with the scans is small prints and post on the internet then look at some of the epson flatbeds
if you are aiming to do big prints etc then 200 euro goes nowhere towards what you really need
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