A Favour - Scanned Concert Slides Examples Please?

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I made the mistake of impulse buying a very cheap negative & slide printer today and naturally got appalling results.

I am now looking at a Canonscan 9000f mark II but wondered if anyone had scanned any concert slides with this model?

I have been fortunate to tour with many famous rock groups and have some good images that should see the light of day, so before I made the purchase, I was hoping to see some results of this type of image from others.

In particular, good light show images would be very useful so I could see definition and colours.

Please feel free to recommend another scanner if you are able to show what it has done with your concert slides.

Thank you in advance.
 
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Hi there :)

To be honest someone scanning their concert slides with a specific model of scanner won't tell you much because there are too many other variables like how sharp their originals were, lighting, exposure, etc. I'm not familiar with this particular scanner but if your original slides are good then there's no reason why you shouldn't get decent results with a flatbed in that price range (scanners similar in price tend to be similar in performance and 150-200 quid is in the 'decent' category). :)
 
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To be honest someone scanning their concert slides with a specific model of scanner won't tell you much because there are too many other variables like how sharp their originals were, lighting, exposure, etc. I'm not familiar with this particular scanner but if your original slides are good then there's no reason why you shouldn't get decent results with a flatbed in that price range (scanners similar in price tend to be similar in performance and 150-200 quid is in the 'decent' category). :)
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This is why I didn't post any, it's pretty futile. Scanning has a myriad of confounding variables that make comparisons pretty pointless.

It's a good scanner (for a flatbed), and it'll probably do a good job. However, I'd still personally buy a dedicated 35mm scanner (I'm guessing it is 35mm slides) - ffordes currently has two Plustek 7200 models for <£100 second hand, which IMO makes far more sense.
 
I've got a couple of rolls of concert shots from the 80's I'll see if I can dig them out and do a comparrison on the Epson 750 and Coolscan 9000 if thats any use to you.
 
Thanks for the replies.
I am really after seeing what I can expect result wise, in particular, with colourful lighting effects.

I am pretty sure I have some very nice sharp images, but am worried about buying something and wishing I had spent more to obtain significantly better results.

The cheap scanner was, perhaps naturally, appalling, but I could return that with ease.

RaglanSurf, I would really appreciate that.

Thanks again.
 
Are you just looking to scan your archive or are you intending to use more film in the future?
 
Hard to say.
Initially, yes, bring out the archive, some of which,was to have formed the basis of a book.
 
Depending on your financial situation, and also what your archive consists of, b&w, negative or reversal film I would suggest you search out a Nikon Coolscan IV/V or 4000/5000

Get yourself a copy of Vuescan and scan in your archive, if you've got mostly slides the go for the 4000/5000 with a slide feeder, more expensive yes but as scanning can be mind-numbingly dull you will be pleased you paid a little extra for the automation the slide feeder gives you.

Once you've scanned your archive sell your scanner on, it's unlikely you'll lose any of your investment and if you've bought cleverly you may even make a little profit. Or, if you're going to shoot more film just hang on to it, they are about as good as they get in terms of home scanning.
 
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