Where to get medium format neg scanning done

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A friend has just got hold of about 100 medium format negs from their wedding 15 years ago.

They want to get them scanned and obviously these negs are precious so want to get a reliable, careful service.

Any recommendations ?
 
I don't know what a scan costs these days but perhaps buying a flatbed that scans MF transparencies might be an option, they could always sell it on afterwards.
 
They're not really techy like that so a send of and get back service would probably be better for them.

Thanks for the suggestion though.
 
Try this place:

http://www.treasured-memories.org.uk/index.html

I've not used them myself, but someone I know who has used them was very pleased. They have all the right sort of equipment etc (Nikon Coolscan 9000ED, probably the best film scanner ever) and seem to have good reviews from others on the internet as well.

They normally charge £31.00 for the first 50 negs/slides/prints and £0.40 per additional image. However there is a 60p extra charge for medium format (they take longer to scan, edit etc) so thats about a £1 per image which is quite reasonable for medium format. If you email them though they may be able to do a discount deal for you.

I would like to point out though, there are a lot of 'cheap' services out there which sadly reflect on their quality a lot of the time. I used one such service about a year ago (scanitall.co.uk) which was about 25p per 35mm neg/slide (they also did medium format for about 80p) so I though great and had them scan in about 120 negs/slides. When I got it back I was initially pleased and then realised that most of the scans were so soft and noisy (it was chrome noise, so certainly not grain) that the small lab CD scans I had of some of them looked better. A lot of them were lacking in saturation etc as well and whilst I could have potentially corrected everyone it wasn't worth it.
 
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s162216 said:
Try this place:

http://www.treasured-memories.org.uk/index.html

I've not used them myself, but someone I know who has used them was very pleased. They have all the right sort of equipment etc (Nikon Coolscan 9000ED, probably the best film scanner ever) and seem to have good reviews from others on the internet as well.

They normally charge £31.00 for the first 50 negs/slides/prints and £0.40 per additional image. However there is a 60p extra charge for medium format (they take longer to scan, edit etc) so thats about a £1 per image which is quite reasonable for medium format. If you email them though they may be able to do a discount deal for you.

I would like to point out though, there are a lot of 'cheap' services out there which sadly reflect on their quality a lot of the time. I used one such service about a year ago (scanitall.co.uk) which was about 25p per 35mm neg/slide (they also did medium format for about 80p) so I though great and had them scan in about 120 negs/slides. When I got it back I was initially pleased and then realised that most of the scans were so soft and noisy (it was chrome noise, so certainly not grain) that the small lab CD scans I had of some of them looked better. A lot of them were lacking in saturation etc as well and whilst I could have potentially corrected everyone it wasn't worth it.
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Are you being serious? It's good but it's well away from being the best.

Imacon Flextight scanners and every drum scanner available will beat the Nikon in the quality stakes.
 
EdBray said:
Are you being serious? It's good but it's well away from being the best.

Imacon Flextight scanners and every drum scanner available will beat the Nikon in the quality stakes.
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As an owner of a Coolscan 9000, in fact I'm using it as I type, I have to wholeheartedly agree with Ed, the Nikon is good but it does fall short of other scanners out there, particularly the drum scanners. I've not seen a direct comparison with the Imacon but would like to see one.
 
s162216 said:
Try this place:

http://www.treasured-memories.org.uk/index.html

I've not used them myself, but someone I know who has used them was very pleased. They have all the right sort of equipment etc (Nikon Coolscan 9000ED, probably the best film scanner ever) and seem to have good reviews from others on the internet as well.
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Websites littered with spelling and grammatical errors such as this one in no way can be considered professional.
 
Woodsy said:
Indeed... apart from that a digital MF image, well, it's not film ;)
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this thought completely mystifies the digi masses......:cool:


gotta agree though, a fluid mount drum is not a what you want to be sat in front of with 50 wedding negs..:lol:
 
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