[X4U] Scanning Negatives

[Crandon David]

Do you have to remove the negatives from the cardboard "holder" for 
each one?

David Crandon


On Feb 22, 2005, at 7:06 PM, George Harvey wrote:

> A compromise between the ideal scanner and a cheaper one is the Epson 
> Perfection 2450 flatbed scanner and its more recent relatives. I have 
> found it to be practical for hundreds of colo,r or black and white 
> negatives. However it would not be suitable for commercial work 
> because the negatives must be placed by hand in a carrier with a 
> capacity of 12 frames. The operation is not time-consuming because the 
> software supplied automatically recognizes each frame and numbers it. 
> The resolution is very good. I have produced full-screen colore 
> pictures from a 35mm negative that look very good. The scanner came 
> with carriers for other sizes of negatives that I sometime use. The 
> 2450 has both FireWire and USB connections but I use the FireWire 
> exclusively. I paid only about $400 for this scanner, and it has given 
> no trouble.
>
> George Harvey
>
>
> On Feb 22, 2005, Richard Gilmore wrote:
>> We have a Nikon LS2000 which makes great scans but it is slow. But 
>> £2.50 for 40 scans(?) sounds like a great price. Prices in Canada 
>> where I am run from a $1 per meg at one place to $5 for one neg scan. 
>> If you have a lot to scan it's cheaper to buy your own scanner. A 
>> decent neg scanner runs about $1500-$3000 CAD.
>
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