Well, Macworld rated that scanner's quality as very good: http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/405131/review/scanjet_g3110.html
You really ought to give it a try. I'd almost bet the negative reviews come from people who don't take the time to learn what they're supposed to do. Scanning film is a good deal different than digital photography. ~Nick On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Walter Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > OK ... now that you've gotten me to try my hand at film photography, I > need a scanner. Well, I have one now ... sort of. > > I've managed to inherit an HP Scanjet G3110, which does have a transparency > carrier. Problem is, everything I've read about it says it's not very good > at scanning negatives. Apparently, the scans come out pretty dark, owing to > the fact that it's a flatbed scanner. > > My question is, is it even worth my time to hook this thing up to my PC? > Or, do you suppose that the scans will be so bad that it'll end up costing > me money to replace the window I'll eventually throw it through? > > Is there anything that can be done to maximize the performance of the thing? > I mean, I highly doubt I'd ever use it for anything other than scanning > negatives, so is there something I can do in the setup to actually turn it > into a relatively decent performer in that regard? > > Thanks, > > Walt > > On 11/28/2010 11:00 AM, Nick David Wright wrote: >> >> Got this film back from Walgreens a couple weeks back. I was really >> excited to see a photo I'd made of my little town's Baptist Church. >> >> I was disappointed when the scan came back really bad: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedalingprose/5106011280/ >> >> I pulled the neg out this morning to scan for myself and was happy to >> find the photo much more like I'd imagined it: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedalingprose/5214398131/ >> >> I'm a happy camper. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
