Slide and negative scanner??

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I'd like some recommendations for scanners to scan my old film negatives and slides to my PC. I had a look on Amazon, but decided to get recommendations first. Obviously, good resolution is paramount. I don't really need a full flatbed scanner as my printer does that, although I did see an Epson V370 flatbed that looked pretty good.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Updated to add: I'll be scanning 135mm slides and negatives. I'm not a professional, just a lowly amateur, and looking for something good but don't need top-of-the-line. I have too many to send off to a professional developer, but not enough to justify a huge outlay. I don't use film anymore at all.... these are all oldies.
 
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I use a Plustek 8200i - fantastic results from 35mm film.
 
Thmaga said:
I use a Plustek 8200i - fantastic results from 35mm film.
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That one looks interesting but is a little out of my budget. The thing is... once I've scanned the slides and negatives I want, I won't need it anymore as I never use film now. Maybe, considering this, I'd be better off with a flatbed as at least I could use that for other things. The "Epson Perfection V370 Photo 4800 dpi scanner with ReadyScan LED technology - slides, film and negatives" looks good and gets good reviews. My finger is hovering over the Add to Basket button but I'm resisting until I hear some other views.

Thanks for the reply, Thmaga.
 
I bought a Canon Canoscan 5600 last year through Amazon for exactly the same reason. Love it and would highly recommend. Paid about £120.
 
Hmm, I have an old Canon negative scanner- I was perfectly happy with the results but it scans one negative at a time so it's painfully slow for anything beyond a handful of negatives.
I also have an old Canon LIDE flatbed scanner which runs to a pretty high res and bonkers 48 bit colour depth (think 400mb for one image). I don't think I've tried scanning negatives with it, but I did find that at high res it neatly scanned all the tiny scratches and imperfections in the glass of the scanner bed. Maybe you could remove those in software now- but I reckon if you want to scan negatives, and you already have a flatbed for prints, then get a negative scanner.
 
if you want speed and pretty good quality I think the slide duplicator on a digital camera is good, or some homebrew method similer to that
 
Thanks for all the tips. I'm now thoroughly confused, however. After looking at the three links posted by skysh4rk, I have been looking at the Epson Perfection v370 and the Canon CanoScan LiDE 700. In some places, the Canon mentions slide scanning but in other places the only mention is 35mm film, which I take to be film negatives. Am I missing something? I also cannot find the Epson V500 anywhere, except used. Any newer models are out of my price range.. for example the Epson V550 is just under £185. The V370 is under £100, by comparison -- and it's available. Any reason NOT to go for it?
 
john-oh said:
I think I would consider a second hand Nikon coolscan, scan my negs/slides then sell the scanner when finished.
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I'm afraid that's way out of my price range --- but I was unable to find one in the UK anyway. They must be good, but probably better than I need right now. Thanks anyway.
 
think the minolta dedicated film scanner was ment to be good..

if you have alot of slides/negatives todo then you really need to look at workflow and speed, flatbeds arent good in those respects

as for slides, they are just the same as your typical negative, but the colours arent inverted, and they have been cut up and framed in either plastic or cardboard
 
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