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From: Jim on 1 Dec 2007 12:24 Hi, I have hundreds of APS, 35mm, and 2 1/4 by 2 1/4 inch negatives that I would like to scan. I posted an item on this newsgroup in October, 2003. So far, I have not yet bought a new scanner. My main requirement is that it handles 21/4 inch separate negatives. PC Pro magazine reviewed the Canon Canoscan 8800F recently. See http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/128849/canon-canoscan-8800f.html It gave a good review. I phoned Canon to see if it could handle separate 2 1/4 inch negatives. They said it could. Has anyone used this scanner? If so, that do you think about it. Which other scanners in current production could comply with my requirement while being a good general purpose scanner? Thanks much for your help..
From: CSM1 on 1 Dec 2007 20:15 "Jim" <koehler(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message news:6ee1496c-ebaf-4043-9e5c-b889d35a2864(a)b15g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... > Hi, > > I have hundreds of APS, 35mm, and 2 1/4 by 2 1/4 inch negatives that > I > would like to scan. > > I posted an item on this newsgroup in October, 2003. So far, I have > not yet bought a new scanner. > > My main requirement is that it handles 21/4 inch separate negatives. > > PC Pro magazine reviewed the Canon Canoscan 8800F recently. > See http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/128849/canon-canoscan-8800f.html > It gave a good review. > > I phoned Canon to see if it could handle separate 2 1/4 inch > negatives. They said it could. > > Has anyone used this scanner? If so, that do you think about it. > > Which other scanners in current production could comply with my > requirement while being a good general purpose scanner? > > Thanks much for your help.. I have not used the 8800F, but I do have the earlier 8400F which is an older model of the same scanner. I works pretty well. 120 film is large to start with so not so much demand on the scanner. I think Canon makes great scanners. Much cheaper than a dedicated film scanner for 120 film. -- CSM1 http://www.carlmcmillan.com --
From: Barry Watzman on 1 Dec 2007 20:52 It is not inappropriate to consider multiple devices for the different film types. The Nikon 35mm scanners will scan APS film with an adapter that is not too hard to get and not too expensive. For medium format film, your best bet is probably an Epson flatbed, maybe a 4490 if you don't want to spring for a more expensive model. Jim wrote: > Hi, > > I have hundreds of APS, 35mm, and 2 1/4 by 2 1/4 inch negatives that > I > would like to scan. > > I posted an item on this newsgroup in October, 2003. So far, I have > not yet bought a new scanner. > > My main requirement is that it handles 21/4 inch separate negatives. > > PC Pro magazine reviewed the Canon Canoscan 8800F recently. > See http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/128849/canon-canoscan-8800f.html > It gave a good review. > > I phoned Canon to see if it could handle separate 2 1/4 inch > negatives. They said it could. > > Has anyone used this scanner? If so, that do you think about it. > > Which other scanners in current production could comply with my > requirement while being a good general purpose scanner? > > Thanks much for your help..
From: Colin_D on 2 Dec 2007 05:34 Jim wrote: > Hi, > > I have hundreds of APS, 35mm, and 2 1/4 by 2 1/4 inch negatives that > I > would like to scan. > > I posted an item on this newsgroup in October, 2003. So far, I have > not yet bought a new scanner. > > My main requirement is that it handles 21/4 inch separate negatives. > > PC Pro magazine reviewed the Canon Canoscan 8800F recently. > See http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/128849/canon-canoscan-8800f.html > It gave a good review. > > I phoned Canon to see if it could handle separate 2 1/4 inch > negatives. They said it could. > > Has anyone used this scanner? If so, that do you think about it. > > Which other scanners in current production could comply with my > requirement while being a good general purpose scanner? > > Thanks much for your help.. I have the 9950F, the bigger brother to the 8800F, and it scans 35mm and 2 1/4 negs very well, including black and white negs. FARE, the scratch-reducing software also works well on color images, but not on black and white - ICE doesn't either. They are good scanners, but if you can, spring for the 9950F, it handles up to 30 35mm or 12 2 1/4 negs at one time. Colin D. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
From: tomm42 on 3 Dec 2007 10:30
On Dec 2, 5:34 am, Colin_D <nos...(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > Jim wrote: > > Hi, > > > I have hundreds of APS, 35mm, and 2 1/4 by 2 1/4 inch negatives that > > I > > would like to scan. > > > I posted an item on this newsgroup in October, 2003. So far, I have > > not yet bought a new scanner. > > > My main requirement is that it handles 21/4 inch separate negatives. > > > PC Pro magazine reviewed the Canon Canoscan 8800F recently. > > Seehttp://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/128849/canon-canoscan-8800f.html > > It gave a good review. > > > I phoned Canon to see if it could handle separate 2 1/4 inch > > negatives. They said it could. > > > Has anyone used this scanner? If so, that do you think about it. > > > Which other scanners in current production could comply with my > > requirement while being a good general purpose scanner? > > > Thanks much for your help.. > > I have the 9950F, the bigger brother to the 8800F, and it scans 35mm and > 2 1/4 negs very well, including black and white negs. FARE, the > scratch-reducing software also works well on color images, but not on > black and white - ICE doesn't either. They are good scanners, but if > you can, spring for the 9950F, it handles up to 30 35mm or 12 2 1/4 negs > at one time. > > Colin D. > > -- > Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com Check out the Epson V700 will do all negs up to 8x10. I have done 35mm (mostly for PowerPoint, 2 1/4 film and 4x5 for print. It is one nice scanner especially for anything better you would have to go at 3-4x its price for a Nikon LS9000. Tom |