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For £150 you're not going to get a decent 35mm scanner. I suppose it depends what quality your photographs/negatives are though, a cheaper one may be good enough for you and there are some dedicated 35mm scanners about like this one in Maplins for £50-80
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx...film scanner&gclid=COvCoeGhzp4CFUQA4wodFRxtqg
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx...film scanner&gclid=COvCoeGhzp4CFUQA4wodFRxtqg
TheBigYin
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to be honest i'd wait a while, save another 30 quid or so, and go for either a Canoscan 8800F or Epson V500. If you really must keep under 150, then I'd scour fleabay for something like a second-hand Epson 4490. Lots of people seem to buy scanners to digitise their old slide collection, then bang the scanner back on fleabay to get some money back.
Steer clear of the Maplin scanners - the quality of the output is not great, and (certainly in the case of the one I used) they don't co-exist with other USB kit very well. This manifests itself in random crashes, blue screens, and a seeming inability to produce more than a couple of images in a row without shutting down and re-booting. It really did drive me loopy, and eventually resulted in the scanner being thrown out of the window and a Canoscan being purchased.
Steer clear of the Maplin scanners - the quality of the output is not great, and (certainly in the case of the one I used) they don't co-exist with other USB kit very well. This manifests itself in random crashes, blue screens, and a seeming inability to produce more than a couple of images in a row without shutting down and re-booting. It really did drive me loopy, and eventually resulted in the scanner being thrown out of the window and a Canoscan being purchased.