There's really not much market for film scanners anymore, except at the high end.
I've had a Minolta Scan Dual II since 2000. It's getting a little long in the tooth and is a little lightly built for ultimate durability, so I nabbed a used Nikon Coolscan IV ED that I saw available for $300, which seems about average for them on the auction block. The V model would be better for its higher resolution, but I've never had any problem with the 3000ppi class scanner results, and the Coolscan IV is one of the best made scanners out there, ever. I don't use the scanner enough to pay $500 for it. There are several IV EDs available on Ebay right now. I highly recommend it. The Coolscan V ED is a little less than double that price, and well worth it if you're still shooting 35mm film. Only bugger is that I need the APS adapter (IA-20S) as well and that alone, new, is $200. And hard to find used. Godfrey On Sep 6, 2006, at 4:17 PM, Tom C wrote: > Yes dearth. > > It seems with the decline in popularity of film, that there is also > a demise > in the availability of film scanners (NSS... you figure out the > acronym). > > A quick look-see at B&H shows some Nikons, MicroTek and PrimeFilm > models. I > have a non-photographer friend who is hoping to scan his collection > of old > family slides and negatives. > > Anyone have experience with any of the newer sub-$500 PrimeFilm > models? > I've always read rather mixed reviews on that brand. > > Or, a good lead on a vendor with yet unsold Minolta Dimage Scan > Dual IV's? > > The closest thing in qualiy to the discontinued Minolta model is a > Nikon at > twice the price. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
