digitize old negatives

[joe27]

I did a search of the forum and only found two or three discussions on the topic, and those were a little dated. I have a ton of old 35mm negatives that I would like to get converted, but do not want to got bankrupt doing it. Is there a good moderate priced scanner that someone can recommend? Most of the photos were of family and such, and are only for personal use/sharing.

[doubleg]

Originally Posted by joe27

I did a search of the forum and only found two or three discussions on the topic, and those were a little dated. I have a ton of old 35mm negatives that I would like to get converted, but do not want to got bankrupt doing it. Is there a good moderate priced scanner that someone can recommend? Most of the photos were of family and such, and are only for personal use/sharing.

Ironically I asked the same question on another forum, both responses suggested either an Epson V500 or V600. The V600 is on sale until tonight at B&H, all reviews of both were positive. I've got negatives that are 60 years old to filter through!

Epson Scanners - Epson America, Inc.

[Jim Bryant]

Don't get any scanner that can scan either prints or negs. Get one that is dedicated to negs/slides only. I use the Canoscan FS 4000US, I think they might have them at B & H as well, that's where I purchased mine in 2002. Must have scanned over 10K images with it so far.

http://photo.net/equipment/canon/fs4000us/

[doubleg]

Originally Posted by Jim Bryant

Don't get any scanner that can scan either prints or negs. Get one that is dedicated to negs/slides only. I use the Canoscan FS 4000US, I think they might have them at B & H as well, that's where I purchased mine in 2002. Must have scanned over 10K images with it so far.

http://photo.net/equipment/canon/fs4000us/

Thank you Jim, but the majority of my negatives are large- this would be great for slides/negatives but any suggestions for those old ones we've inherited from 1940's and 50's?

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by Jim Bryant

Don't get any scanner that can scan either prints or negs. Get one that is dedicated to negs/slides only. I use the Canoscan FS 4000US, I think they might have them at B & H as well, that's where I purchased mine in 2002. Must have scanned over 10K images with it so far.

http://photo.net/equipment/canon/fs4000us/

Ive actually gotten better results with Epson V-series scanners (500 and 700 models) than with dedicated negative scanners like the Nikon Coolscans.

[bhursey]

I second the Epson Scanners I reserched for 3 years before buying mine. I got a epson v500 on sale. It will scan 35mm, slides, 120 film You can even get adaptors for other sizes. It is worth it.

Here is a 35mm negative of FujiColor 200 taken with a Nikon FM2n with a 50mm f1.4 lens.. Scaned at only like 1/2 or so of the posible resolution directly to jpeg. 2805 x 4426

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5018/...35e27e47_o.jpg

[Jim Bryant]

That's true is you have different sizes than 35mm. That's all I have.

[kirbinster]

I researched this a while ago and got the Epson v500. I don't use their software though as I found I got much better results using Vuescan which is a program that works with many brands of scanners. It did a much better job of accurately scanning 35mm negatives and doing color correction. No matter what you use it is a very slow and tedious process.

[Jonbar18]

I recently used this scanner to scan a bunch of old slides. Not a great scanner but VERY affordable, and will scan good enough quality for memories. Would not recommend if you are looking for high quality prints, etc. though

[troutwhisperer]

I have no idea about scanning negative but would like to get some old (some 70+ years old) slides and negative scanned. What is the process once you get a scanner? Can/does the scanning process convert the negatives to a photo or are there other steps in the process? Does anyone have the details of the "how to"?