Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Well, if you don't want to send things out and have 35mm to medium format to scan, a good Nikon medium-format film scanner is likely the most efficient way to get a number done In semi-automated way. The Nikon SuperCoolscan 9000 ED produces excellent scans at 4000 dpi resolution (35mm slides up to five at a time, 35mm film strips up to 12 at a time, 4x 645, 3x 6x6, 2x 6x7 or 6x9 per load with the different standard film carriers). There are also ANR glass carriers for more complex film loads and odd formats, and some folks make accessory carriers for them (I have one that lets me load an entire 40 exposure roll of Minox 8x11 film, for instance). NikonScan is long out of development, but VueScan drives this scanner beautifully and it can make the scanner do lovely tricks with a bit of experience and practice. The only downside to this route is that these scanners are not cheap (about $2000-4000 depending on condition and included accessories), nor are they particularly fast (but faster and higher quality than flatbed scanners). The good thing is that the VueScan software, particularly in its pro version, provides excellent flexibility and will apply the basic inversion for negatives for you automatically, which saves a massive amount of time when doing a largish number of scans. I haven't used mine in a while and should probably put it on the market (it's a lot of cash to have tied up in something that you're not using actively, never mind being a bulky thing to store). But every time I think to do it, I run into a situation where it is the best, if not only, way to get it done and I wonder what I'd do if I didn't have it.
Would you be willing to rent it out? I've been talking to a friend about hiring him to do a quick scan of all of my negatives and slides, and it sounds like it would do a much better job than my epson flatbed. Particularly if it can do a fair number of frames without needing adult supervision at every step of the way.
And that's why my closets are so stuffed full the way they are.... !
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