[ale] OT:Recommended scanners

[Robert Story]

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:49:22 -0500 Scott wrote:
SC> Looking for a film scanner. I'd rather not get another flat bed scanner. 
SC> I can't seem to find any lower priced scanners for scanning negatives. I 
SC> have a ton of old 35mm and some negatives for the old Instamatic 126 & 
SC> 110 formats that I'd like to scan into my system. I think I can justify 
SC> the purchase to my significant other if it's not a flatbed as we already 
SC> have an all-in-one. I've been emailing with the writer of Vuescan and he 
SC> seems to push towards flat beds by Epson.

Just a word of warning... Unless film scanners have improved dramatically
recently, don't expect to be able to just batch scan your old negatives and
get anything that looks like the corresponding prints. Photo labs do
processing on film when making prints, and you'll have to do that sort of
thing manually on your scans. (mostly color corrections)