[filmscanners] 'Cheap' film scanner recommendations

["Simon Pearson" <pearson_sl@hotmail.com>]

I have been recommended this list after posting a question on the yahoo D70
mailing list, so hope you can help...

I have a collection of around 2500 slides, mostly Kodachrome (and a handful
of negative), that I would like to eventually get around to scanning so that
I have a digital archive of them all, plus this will mean they actually get
looked at a bit more often.....

I do not need them to be scanned at any fantastic resolution since they will
only be for web use and/or maybe small prints (under 7x5), since if I want a
large print, I would just use the original slide.

Also bearing in mind since turning digital I have not taken another film
photo, so once the slides are scanned the scanner will effectively be
defunct, so the less I can spend the better....  I had been thinking of
getting a flat bed scanner since that at least wouldn't become defunct, but
the quality isn't as good (for film) and I've never felt the need for a
flatbed ever anyway, so it too would probably be defunct.....

I have been thinking along the lines of the Minolta Scan Dual IV plus
Vuescan software since it gives me a RAW file. The RAW file appeals since it
is effectively the same as a 'normal' RAW file in the digital camera sense,
the basic data is there and I can return to it at any time in the future to
tweak and get the most out of it.

Any advice greatly appreciated.....

BTW I know that this will be a very onerous task taking me a few years to
complete, but the good side is that the slides aren't getting any more
numerous so an end is always in sight!

Cheers,

Simon
>From sunny/wet Bolton.....


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