Simon Barber wrote: <Hi List I need to scan some negatives sized 24x66mm. I also need to buy a new flatbed scanner compatible with my Mac os 10. Can anyone recommend a decent one with a film hood built in or attached.>
Hi Simon, I'm in digest mode, so you might have had an answer. I bought an Epson 4870 recently after fighting a Canon 9900F for weeks before getting a refund. I was reluctant to get a flatbed on quality grounds, but I've found running the Epson with Vuescan gives a pretty good result for the money. I bought it to try scanning some very old negs from WW2 I was given and planned on buying a Nikon 9000ED in the future if they looked OK, but they actually print quite well on an inkjet. It's early days and I've not really tried it with 35mm, but certainly for large format trannies / negs, it gives a good result. I think the key is using Vuescan as it costs buttons and is as simple or as advanced as you need it to be. For odd sized film stock you can save crop settings and re-load them later. If you haven't seen it go to www.hamrick.com No connection, just a satisfied punter. Hope this helps, Neill Watson =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
