seaninsurrey Posted February 5, 2007 Share #1 Posted February 5, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi - I've recently gone back to film photography (Leica M2+Canon 1.4 50mm) after a brief flirt with a Digilux2. Is anyone able to recommend a suitable scanner for black and white film? I'm looking to print up to A3 and have a budget of around £400/$800 dollars second hand (eBay). Thanks in advance. PS: sooooo pleased with M2 - it's beautiful! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ron110n Posted February 5, 2007 Share #2 Posted February 5, 2007 Nikon LS 5000ED for 35mm, but if you think that you will venture 120 MF one day, then go for a Minolta Dimage Scan Multi Pro. You won't need the extra dpi that Nikon can offer. Just too big for the screen. I use both Nikon 5000ED and 9000ED. Oh same here... I came from film, then a D2, then back to film. I still use my D2, but I love my M3. I can't believe what accuracy a hand held meter can do. -Ron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George61d Posted February 5, 2007 Share #3 Posted February 5, 2007 Concure with the previous post. Like yourself I have only just started back in film, so all I have used so far is XP2 and Kodak CN with my MP and 5000ED. But I have already been placed in competitions with that combo, and have generated high quality A3 prints using an epson 2400. It might be tough to find a 5000ED on ebay at the price range you are talking about, so look for the next model down, the coolscan v ed. This is essentially the same as the 5000ed but uses 14 rather than 16 bits. After that the previous model 4000 somthing or other was reputed to be good to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted February 5, 2007 Share #4 Posted February 5, 2007 I use Minolta Dimage Elite Scan 5400 (I) and Nikon Coolscan 9000. Both are very good for b&w. You should consider the right software, too; my recommendation: Silverfast. Cheers, Greg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriesI Posted February 5, 2007 Share #5 Posted February 5, 2007 ...I have used so far ... 5000ED. George, Is the Coolscan capable of scanning 'outside' of the negative, hence scan also the black border around the image area on the film? I use an Epson flatbed at art school. It delivers fine quality, but is unable to scan the whole 36x24mm area, and thus always crops some of the image. Worse, the aspect ratio of that crop is no longer 3:2, but a little slimmer ('longer' and 'narrower'). Reason for this is that the negative holder is so tight that the image area barely fits into the 'window' the negative holder allows for scanning. Thanks in advance for your reaction! regards, Dries Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George61d Posted February 5, 2007 Share #6 Posted February 5, 2007 Dries yes it does... I use the feeder that takes up to six frames i.e its just the raw neg that you feed in so there is no frame to get in the way. There are other feeders..but I do not know how they perform in this regard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoskeptic Posted February 5, 2007 Share #7 Posted February 5, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I second Greg's recommendation. The SilverFast will make sure you get the most out of your scans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George61d Posted February 5, 2007 Share #8 Posted February 5, 2007 I second Greg's recommendation. The SilverFast will make sure you get the most out of your scans. At the risk of hijacking the original thread..I used SF but it rejected my C41 negs when it came to ICE...is there a way around this ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted February 5, 2007 Share #9 Posted February 5, 2007 At the risk of hijacking the original thread..I used SF but it rejected my C41 negs when it came to ICE...is there a way around this ? That never happened to me with my SilverFast. Must be some sort of irregular bug. (?) Greg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bernd Banken Posted February 5, 2007 Share #10 Posted February 5, 2007 my Coolscan V ED is able to "see" both black short sides of the negative. But Nikon recommends to scan without the black stripes in order to get a got light metering. Bernd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Michel Komarnicki Posted February 5, 2007 Share #11 Posted February 5, 2007 For 35mm, spend the extra cash and buy a Nikon Coolscan 5000ED. MIne costs me $1,300 Canadian. I use VueScan, works quite fine; the Nikon software isn't bad either, but I prefer VueScan. You cannot use ICE (infrared cleaning) with silver film. My scanner is connected to a G4 via USB1; a 16 bit multi-pass scan can take quite a bit of time to complete (not the 20 seconds promised in the litterature!), so I imagine that the slower Coolscan V would take much longer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaninsurrey Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share #12 Posted February 5, 2007 Thanks for all your suggestions. I'll keep my eyes open for a bargain on eBay! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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