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02/15/2005 09:33:04 PM · #1 |
Any of you dinasuars out there that used to shoot with film have any advice on what would be a good slide scanner. I have 50,000 slides to scan and need something that will bring them out in their best. I had the Nikon Coolscan 2900 and I now have the Dimage Elite Scan 5400 and am not satisfied with the results from either. I'm not too worried about price, but not to the point of dishing out for a drum scanner. I would like some advice based on actual usage.
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02/15/2005 09:55:08 PM · #2 |
Afraid I'm a bit of a dinosaur there too. I'm currently working with a Nikon LS-30, and could definitely use a better solution, but not willing to invest for the remaining work I have to do (about 2000 slides).
If I were, I'd get the Nikon Coolscan 8000 ED. I also wholeheartedly recommend Ed Hamrick's VueScan software as opposed to the Nikon software. Does a fantastic job. That said, I think the latest versions of the Nikon software are probably very good indeed, but I have no direct experience.
Although the 8000ED would give great quality scans (my boss has one and loves it, and he is very critical of image quality), it's still damn slow. Take you near forever to go through 50k slides. The real cost becomes your time. I'm actually considering setting up a system to photograph the rest of what I have to do, I feel this can be done faster than with the LS-30 at close to equivalent quality levels.
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02/15/2005 09:56:45 PM · #3 |
Dimage Scan Dual IV has worked very nicely for my 500 or so slides... Very happy with it. Has a slide and negative tray. But..you may already be well beyond that...heh...
Message edited by author 2005-02-15 21:57:38. |
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02/15/2005 10:03:40 PM · #4 |
| You say you are not satisfied with the results but you do not say what is bad about them. I, being somewhat prehistoric, have been slowly digitizing boxes of slides and negatives using a relativly cheap HP S20 scanner. Really cheap as it was given to me some time ago. The results are very good as long as you comit to some degree of post-processing. Unless you live in a hermetically sealed bubble, you will scan dust and god knows whatever else with the slides and need to be prepared to clean up afterwards in the elect. darkroom. Like kirbic says, however, your time will be the biggest investment regardless of what ardware you buy. |
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02/15/2005 10:11:30 PM · #5 |
I have recently started using the Epson Perfection 4180 photo scanner. You can find the stats for it at //www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?oid=46253281
A drum unit was more than I would need and this seemed to be the best of the $200 range. Hope it is not too lightweight for your needs
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02/15/2005 10:20:23 PM · #6 |
I have the Nikon CoolScan IV ED. Works great but there is no stack loader, so you have to scan them one at a time. The Digital ICE software is really nice.
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