Thread: Negative Scanner
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September 10th, 2008, 03:55 PM #1Ultimate Member
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Negative Scanner
While not truly a "digital photograph" issue it will be once I get them scanned

Like a lot of older folks I have many 35mm and the APS format negatives laying around that need to be scanned with a negative scanner and converted to a digital format. My fear is if I wait forever these scanners will become less and less available.
With that said I have a Canon MP830 right now that will do:
# Optical Resolution 2400 x 4800 dpi
# Interpolated Resolution 19200 x 19200 dpi
# Gray Scale Depth 8 bit
# Color Depth 24 bit
# Color Depth (Internal) 48 bit
I do not think that there is really any way to scan negatives with the 830 however. So I am looking into this:
Epson Perfection 4990 Photo Scanner reviews - CNET Reviews
Which will do:
# Grayscale Depth 16-bit (64K gray levels)
# Grayscale Depth (External) 16-bit (64K gray levels)
# Color Depth 48-bit color
# Color Depth (External) 48-bit color
# Optical Resolution 4800 dpi x 9600 dpi
# Interpolated Resolution 12800 dpi x 12800 dpi
# Lamp / Light Source Type Cold cathode fluorescent lamp
# Scan Density Range 4.0D
# Scanner Speed Details - Color - 4800 dpi, - Black&white - 4800 dpi, - Film (positives) - 4800 dpi, - Film (positives) - 2400 dpi, - Film (negatives) - 4800 dpi, - Preview - Full-page, - Color - A4 - 600 dpi, - Color - A4 - 300 dpi, - Black&white - A4 - 300 dpi, - Film (negatives) - 2400 dpi
# Compliant Standards TWAIN
All I will ever essentially need is a decent 8x10 out of any of these negatives but I really want to automate the process and keep the quality good across the board. I looked into having a local photoshop do this for me but they informed me the price of $2.00 per negative at that resolution and around .25 cents 300 to 600 dpi. I really do not want to search all of these negatives and start hen pecking.
I will simply purchase my own scanner and plug away at the project. MUCH cheaper.
Now on to my final question. These do not seem to do aps? Essentially aps is a smaller negative that 35 mm rolled up into a handy dandy canister to protect the original negative. Anyone can extract the negative how about scanning them?
Any thought or suggestions are always appreciated! Thanks in advance.
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September 19th, 2008, 04:22 PM #2Ultimate Member
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January 5th, 2009, 01:27 PM #3Junior Member
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Scanner for APS negs
I too got into a kick on the APS films. Once I went digital, it wasn't hard to forget about all my prior cameras. I did find that if I took my old APS rolls and had them "developed" on a index print and CD, I would have them in a more digitized format and not have to worry about having them scanned in. Now the 35 mm is another story, gotta find a good scanner for that.
Good Luck !
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March 8th, 2009, 01:15 PM #4
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March 8th, 2009, 03:16 PM #5Ultimate Member
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I have resigned myself to paying someone else at this point. Those are great dedicated scanners. It is difficult to find anybody that will do aps. I am looking for someone/thing to do both. Why I plan on paying someone else. Although I am unemployed.... again
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