Yes, film scanner have been falling in price quite a bit. I have a Polaroid SS4000, and except for Polaroid going out of business, I recommend it. It can be had for about $500, I think, and it comes with Silverfast.
Now, since you have a 67, you might want to look into a scanner that can do both. At least check the prices, to make sure you don't regret not getting one of those. j On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > Are film scanners falling in prices the way > flatbeds did a coupla years ago? For example > I paid 299.00 for my first flatbed scanner > and then bought a USB version for 79.00 that > matched the 299.00 one in scan quality! > > I'm thinking of shooting more color slides > and of course I'm going to want to scan them > but if the film scanner prices are falling > fast, I think I may wait a little while longer. > > I just sold $2500 worth of photo equip on ebay > and its burning a hole in my pocket. One thing > I love about slides is they are the original and > have better sharpness than any print ever could. > Plus if I bracket, im sure to get exactly what i want, > when I get prints from CN film the labs are inconsistant. > Just last week I got a whole FUJI roll back reddish from > my local drug store. Sucks, most of them arent even > in focus (negs are good). > > Plus, projected slides are AWESOME baby. I have > a real nice Kodak projector thats collecting > dust, I havent shot slides in about 3 years. > > I guess I'll start off with a 35mm scanner, do they > all handle MOUNTED 35mm slides the same way? What about > film curl? Do the scanners have sufficient DOF > so that doesnt matter? > > Oh yeah the slide FILM. Whats out there in > 200 and 400 speed thats good? I'm used to > shooting K64, but its too slow to often. > JCO > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Juan J. Buhler | Sr. FX Animator @ PDI | Photos at http://www.jbuhler.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
