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Hi guys, looking to finally start developing and scanning at home. Especially for B&W film as dev+scan is about £10 a pop nowadays!

To that end, I've already got a cheapish Epson stylus printer/scanner but would like to get a fairly decent result from my scans. I'll only ever scan 135, 120 and 220 as that's all I shoot at the moment. Could I get a dedicated negative scanner that covers these films? Or should I look at a flatbed scanner instead?

My budget is about £130-£150 for a 2nd hand scanner. I've looked at the Canon 9000f and the Epson V500 as they seem to be popular choices, but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
 
i am about to get a epson v500 too as the quality seems quite good and not too expensive for a new one.

thought about to dev B&W film at home but so far i haven't had enough confident of myself, i couldn't even load a film properly in my camera.......
 
A dedicated neg scanner is, in my experience, either going to be really cheap and rubbish, or really expensive & great. I use a Hasselblad thing (local studio's) that's worth a lot more money than I could ever afford, and it's great, but only really makes a big difference if you're looking for a massive amount of detail and are going to print from it. I don't think you can go wrong with a v500 though. There is a big thread about scanners in the F&C section somewhere and if that doesn't help then I'm sure someone else here will be of more use than me!
 
thank you for the replies. I think the V500 2nd is in my price range. Can I confirm that it handles 6x4.5 120 films pretty well?
 
hsuffyan said:
thank you for the replies. I think the V500 2nd is in my price range. Can I confirm that it handles 6x4.5 120 films pretty well?
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yes it handles medium format, up to 6x9 i think :)
 
It'll handle up to 6x12 I'm sure
 
Joenail said:
It'll handle up to 6x12 I'm sure
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You're probably right Joe, all i know is that its too small to fit 2 frames of 6x7 in :bang:
 
i'm just wondering if it is worth me holding off a dedicated scanner for now and use my crappy epson style printer/scanner combo for now, and focus my efforts on getting the hang of developing first? Is it still fairly easy to scan negatives in any old flatbed scanner? or do I need holders?
 
Holders and a light strip in the lid. The problem will be that developing and scanning/printing go hand in hand. You will soon get annoyed with crappy scans.
 
There's nothing like the digital bit of the chain to screw things up where film is concerned!
 
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