Looking for film scanner

External Since: Apr 26, 2007 Posts: 11

Thanks harry, Appreciate hearing that,

I am not looking to move the scanner, I simply don't use it much so if
anyone needs one and get use out of it, the deal stands.

Good luck with your Coolscan.

Patrick Ziegler ImageQuest Photography
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>> >> > On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:59:36 -0400, ZalekBloom wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Looking for a scanner to convert my negatives to digital media.
>> >> >> Nothing fancy, with resolution good to show pictures on 19" PC
>> >> >> monitor.
>> >> >> Any idea how long it takes to scan one picture?
>> >> >> I don't want to spend more then $300.
>> >> >> Looking on the Web I found:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Pacific Image PrimeFilm 3610AFL 3600dpi, $ 309.95
>> >> >> Pacific Image Prime-Film 3650u, 3600dpi - $ 269.95
>> >> >> Pacific Image Prime-Film 3600u, 3600 dpi, $ 209.95
>> >> >> Canon Canoscan 8600F Color Image Scanner $163.99
>> >> >> Microtek ScanMaker i800 $299.84
>> >> >> Canon CanoScan 4400F Color Image Scanner $89.99
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Which one you recommend?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Zalek
>> >> >
>> >> > You can also find some good Epson scanners on the Epson web site -
>> >> > neighborhood of $150 or less - the 4490 I have works fine.
>> >> >
>> >> > Scanning takes a LONG time - better to have a commercial outfit do
> them
>> >> > for you if your time is worth anything.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> I have a Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual4 that I do not use anymore, I
>> >> would
>> > let
>> >> it go cheap.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> PZ
>> >> www.imagequest.ifp3.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> > how much and where are you?
>> > Hp
>> >
>> >
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>> Right now I am a deployed Soldier but I wll be home to South Dakota in
>> six
>> weeks or so. Price is Make an offer, I really don't use it anymore. It
>> does have one quirk I need to disclose, From time to time the tractor
>> feed
>> sticks, all you need to do is give it a tap and it will then advance to
> the
>> next slide. But, you cannot leave it un attended when doing a batch of
> six.
>> You have to unstick it when it gets hung up or it will just sit and grind
>> away.
>>
>> With that in mind and if you can wait until I get home, I am thinking in
>> the $200 ball park.
>>
>> PZ
>> www.imagequest.ifp3.com
>>
>>
>>
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> It's a good price but I'll pass, I really need the thing now. I'm going to
> buy the coolscan this weekend. I saw the one that you have go on ebay for
> about $250+ so I'd sell it there if I were you. Good to hear you are
> coming
> home and thanks for looking out for us.
>
> Harry
>
>

External Since: Jul 13, 2006 Posts: 231

"David Dyer-Bennet" <dd-b DeleteThis @dd-b.net> wrote in message
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> jeremy wrote:
>
>> I have the PrimeFilm PF3650Pro3, but I notice that it has been removed
>> from both the Amazon site and from the manufacturer's site
>> (www.scanace.com). I'm wondering if it has been withdrawn? It has
>> Digital ICE3, it scans an entire roll of uncut negatives (so I can just
>> let it scan automatically while I do something else), it scans individual
>> slides, and it has 3600 optical resolution, which is more than the
>> original Kokak "Photo CD" had (2048 x 3072).
>
> That resolution (if taken literally) is adequate for nearly anything
> (certainly unless you have slides shot on very lowspeed films, on a
> tripod, with first-rate lenses Smile

).
>
> The entire uncut roll thing sounds *so great* -- except that all the film
> I need to scan is already cut into strips of 1, 4, 5, or 6 frames. (The
> "1" is mounted slides, and I do have the slide feeder for my Nikon
> Coolscan 5000 ED).
>
> Also, the rare times I've had films returned uncut, it's been *much* more
> scratched up, probably from what they did to get the entire strip into a
> protective plastic sleeve, or else what they did to coil it up in the film
> can. So I don't think I'd have film returned uncut even if I were still
> shooting film. If I were processing it myself I'd probably scan it before
> cutting, though, if I had such a scanner.

I have my film returned uncut so I can avoid having to stay with the scanner
and keep on inserting strips.

The first pass is pre-scan. That takes about 1 minute per frame. I can
walk away and come back in half an hour, then select the images I want to
have fully-scanned, I can rotate any of them that require it and I can turn
on ICE3/ROC/GEM. Then the full scanning process begins. I can walk away
again, for about 2 hours, and the roll is done.

The ability to scan an entire roll makes the long scan time acceptable.