Which scanner for B&W?

Hi Paul. I have a Canoscan 9950f that is good for 6×6 but i have to work too much with sharpen procedures to get good detail with 35 mm scans. Some peple like the Epson V700 others prefer dedicated scanners. The Imacon is expensive, see some old post about this item in Lightstalkers. I used a Nikon before but have a tendency to have lines of noise. I don’t know if Polaroid have a new scan, check that is usb 2 or firewire, SCSI is an old system not compatible with the currents. If you use mac you must have in mind that you can get software that runs in Leopard in the future. Tell us what you find, there are not much interest in develop new scanners apparently.

Imacons are great but super expensive. I have gotten good results with my Nikon Coolscan V and you can pick them up new for $600 and less on eBay. I want to try it with the Silverfast software which I here is very good.

I have a LS5000 Nikon and I love it for the price it costs. Quality is great, and mostly you can add devices to scan film per roll (36 frames at a time). The device is expensive but sometimes you get it on ebay for much cheaper (it’s only a plastic item). I would highly recommand to go for the 5000.

i am using an old canoscan fs2710 its great! i would also look at the coolscans by nikon, i would not go the imacon route if it is only 35mm that you want scanning…