film recovery-scanning where to start?

I have heard that Nikon dedicated film scanners are the best, though I use Canon flatbed scanner to scan my 35mms. Whats the format of your negatives btw?

It really depends on your budget… Imacons are the best if you can afford them, Nikons come in second to that – but are much more affordable. I have a Nikon Coolscan 9000, and it works great for me. If you don’t have medium format to scan, you can just use a Coolscan 5000…

I have the Nikon Coolscan V which I’ve used for the past 3 yrs to scan my chromes and negs. The price was right for a dedicated scanner and I was happy with the results.

Though for 50K images, yomay want to hop on something sturdier like the 5000 as mentioned above.

hello again
thank you for the replys
the negatives and slides are 90 por cent 35mm and the rest on 6×6 all colored
the nikon’s are everybody reference indeed but they are really expensive.illç try to get some second handy
santanu what canon do you use ? they are some “photo designed” canon scanner but are you happy with results?

best

Alex

Hi Alex,

I use a Canon flat-bed scanner which has facilities to scan negatives too. It is Canon 4200F and gives the max resolution of 3200dpi. Since I don’t print above 8X12 it gives me pretty good result. It also allows you to do shadow-highlight adjustments while scanning. So it works for me. However if you can afford a dedicated negative scanner better should go for it.

Regards

Santanu

Btw I only work with 35mm, and no medium format.

Epson flatbed..cheap, does MF, very durable and good quality.

See

http://www.lightstalkers.org/nikon-ls-4000-scanner