What is the best Scanner for 35 negatives?

I'm looking myself, and the usual recommendation on here seems to be the epson V700 if you can afford it, or for a slightly cheaper option the epson V500.
 
Ouch @ the nikon price tag! I think I'm going to get into developing my own B&W film and I'm investigating film scanners at the moment. Epson V500 might get a look in, but it seems to be massive! Up to £200 I'm looking at really....
 
Just bought a 5600F and although its not up to dedicated film scanner quality I have been very pleased with the results as in this one from a 35mm slide

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If you have a lot of older images to scan, think about getting them done by a lab. Good scanners are expensive and they still take ages - if you have a few hundred to do, or possibly more, it is a mind-numbingly tedious and boring task, and even then every image will likely require polishing up in post processing.

Plenty of places offer this service.
 
HoppyUK said:
If you have a lot of older images to scan, think about getting them done by a lab. Good scanners are expensive and they still take ages - if you have a few hundred to do, or possibly more, it is a mind-numbingly tedious and boring task, and even then every image will likely require polishing up in post processing.

Plenty of places offer this service.
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But half the fun is the Post Processing
 
I would suggest that if you have a seriously large number of images you want to scan - don't bother.

Just scan them one at a time as and when you want to work on them or print them out.

Your negatives are likely to last longer than your files anyway.


Steve.
 
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