A small scanning/scanner question....?

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As I was disappointed with the quality of the scans I paid for yesterday, and as I have just picked up a film camera, I am looking to buy a cheap small scanner that can hide away in the cupboard until I need it.

having had a quick look at what the internet has to offer, the most appealing one is the Canon CanoScan LiDE 700F

Does anyone have anything to say about it? The only thing that I have read is that scanning the negatives takes a while. Up to 2 minutes or so at 9600dpi. I suspect if this is the case, I would buy a loupe and only scan the images that look really good...:shrug:

Or is there another scanner in the price range that I should be looking at instead?

Secondly, how large would a 9600dpi scan of a 35mm negative be? In terms of pixels/mb?

Thank you....! Sorry about the questions, a vague search didn't really answer anything...
 
Scanning can be very satisfying, but, it is also very time consuming.

You are right to suggest only scanning the pictures you want - sort out the rubbish first.

Have a look at http://www.scantips.com/ that should answer all your questions.

VueScan is compatible with the Canon LiDE 700F.
 
If you can find the extra money a Epson V500 is good, look for special offers of around £140..forget 9600dpi that's just a software fiddle and in IMO 2400dpi is more like a true result for any flat bed scanner, but you would scan at say 3200 or 4800dpi to get the software to produce images of less "pixel break up" for large prints.
 
+1 for the Epson V500, it seems to pop-up on special price on a semi-regular basis (it's c.£140 on Amazon now - that's a good price, I've seen it c.£130 but not often). I mostly use mine for 120, but I've also used it for 35mm negatives and slides with very acceptable results. I use the workflow described here with the standard Epson software, although I have replaced the standard medium format carrier with the BetterScanning one.
 
Cheers guys :thumb

I did also look at the Epsom V500, but considering it is a bit of a behomoth compared to the dinky Canon and I haven't really got the space...

I may look at a dedicated film scanner...

EDIT: they are way out of my price range lol
 
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A bit smaller is an old Epson 2480 photo...if you are lucky you can get one as cheap as £8, I used it for hundreds of negs until I bought the Epson V750.
 
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Alastair said:
+1 for the Epson V500, it seems to pop-up on special price on a semi-regular basis (it's c.£140 on Amazon now - that's a good price, I've seen it c.£130 but not often). I mostly use mine for 120, but I've also used it for 35mm negatives and slides with very acceptable results. I use the workflow described here with the standard Epson software, although I have replaced the standard medium format carrier with the BetterScanning one.
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If you're happy to spend a little bit of time calibrating the focus height of your scanner, then you can make an equivalent to the better scanning holder for a little over a tenner. I've found it well worth doing.
 
I have done a little more research on scanners, and the Canon is meant to be rubbish at scanning negatives.

So a similar budget one is the baby to the V500, the V330. Which I think is the one to get.
 
I may be getting the V500 myself for medium format, BUT I just had to say that I bought a Agfa Photo AFS3.

I thought, what the heck £30 NEW on *bay, if rubbish it will do for my very old negs.

I am truly amazed, at 50+ I have used most things, and unlike younger people today I still love technology and appreciate it.

The sheer speed of this scanned amazed me, what I thought was a "preview" was "the" scan, and it automatically saved it.

For anyone new to scanning believe me unless you want top quality A3+ prints which all my competition ones are, this is amazing value, in fact I wouldn't hesitate scanning for coms with it.

This was by beloved Lassy, 35 years ago on a Praktica Super TL on FP4, home developed. Not bad eh!

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Scan of a 5 year old slide, this took 5 seconds from scan to autosave

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DON'T under estimate the way technology has moved on in just a few years and dismiss these scanners.
 
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