Any recommendations for the best slide/negative flatbed scanner? My roommate
bought an hp scanjet 3970 and this has to be the worst scanner I have ever
used. The software is a nightmare.

Thanks in advance.

Arne Hendrickson
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"Arne Hendrickson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Any recommendations for the best slide/negative flatbed scanner? My
roommate
> bought an hp scanjet 3970 and this has to be the worst scanner I have ever
> used. The software is a nightmare.
>
I'd advise buying two separate scanners, one for slides and negs and a
flatbed. Flatbeds will never equal the quality of a dedicated scanner and
it's false economy to buy one that does both.

"stewy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> I'd advise buying two separate scanners, one for slides and negs and a
> flatbed. Flatbeds will never equal the quality of a dedicated scanner and
> it's false economy to buy one that does both.
>
>
That's not entirely correct advise, stewy.
Epson's new Prefection 4870 PHOTO is capable of exceeding the results from a
Canon dedicated film scanner by a considerable amount. I have some eight
foot long prints from 6x9 cm negatives from this scanner to prove it. Now
that Epson have released a new driver for it, the former "out of memory"
messages when using Digital ICE are a thing of the past and the only gripe I
had with it. Have a look for yourself: www.technoaussie.com/review_4870.htm
I couldn't unroll one of the really large prints out of the wind so I got
some help to hold one of the smaller ones open!

As for 35mm... I just scanned a 180 MB file from a 35mm negative I have
never had much joy scanning before. The shadows still have some noise but
not anywhere near as bad as the dedicated scanner I have which cost over
twice as much!

Douglas

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> Any recommendations for the best slide/negative flatbed scanner?

Flatbeds don't scan negatives well.

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"Douglas MacDonald" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> "stewy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:c412ak$ldm$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> I'd advise buying two separate scanners, one for slides and negs and
>> a flatbed. Flatbeds will never equal the quality of a dedicated
>> scanner and it's false economy to buy one that does both.
>>
>>
> That's not entirely correct advise, stewy.
> Epson's new Prefection 4870 PHOTO is capable of exceeding the results
> from a Canon dedicated film scanner by a considerable amount.



Might be a good scanner, but it sure is buggy.

Arne Hendrickson wrote:
> Any recommendations for the best slide/negative flatbed scanner? My
> roommate bought an hp scanjet 3970 and this has to be the worst
> scanner I have ever used. The software is a nightmare.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Arne Hendrickson
> (E-Mail Removed)

I have a Epson Perfection 1670 that has really nice software. It plays
very nicely with my Epson Stylus Photo R300. I have read that the
higher end Perfection scanners perform better than this one.

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Sounds good ... but a quick question ...

My father was a very successful commercial photographer, and I've inherited his library.
This includes *many* interesting 5" x 7" and 8" x 10" negatives and color transparencies,
and even more 4" x 5" and 120's.

How big a negative or transparency can the Epson 4870 scan? Can it scan

4" x 5" negatives or transparencies
5" x 7" negatives or transparencies
8" x 10" negatives or transparencies
6 cm x 17 cm panorama negatives or transparencies

Thank you for any information you can provide.




"Douglas MacDonald" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >
> >
> That's not entirely correct advise, stewy.
> Epson's new Prefection 4870 PHOTO is capable of exceeding the results from a
> Canon dedicated film scanner by a considerable amount. I have some eight
> foot long prints from 6x9 cm negatives from this scanner to prove it. Now
> that Epson have released a new driver for it, the former "out of memory"
> messages when using Digital ICE are a thing of the past and the only gripe I
> had with it. Have a look for yourself: www.technoaussie.com/review_4870.htm
> I couldn't unroll one of the really large prints out of the wind so I got
> some help to hold one of the smaller ones open!
>
> As for 35mm... I just scanned a 180 MB file from a 35mm negative I have
> never had much joy scanning before. The shadows still have some noise but
> not anywhere near as bad as the dedicated scanner I have which cost over
> twice as much!
>
> Douglas
>
>
>

4x5 are no problem and neither are 120 roll film panos. You might get 5x7s
if you make a holder for them but 8x10? Nah... too much light fall off at
the edge.

Douglas
---------------
"RSD99" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Sounds good ... but a quick question ...
>
> My father was a very successful commercial photographer, and I've
inherited his library.
> This includes *many* interesting 5" x 7" and 8" x 10" negatives and color
transparencies,
> and even more 4" x 5" and 120's.
>
> How big a negative or transparency can the Epson 4870 scan? Can it scan
>
> 4" x 5" negatives or transparencies
> 5" x 7" negatives or transparencies
> 8" x 10" negatives or transparencies
> 6 cm x 17 cm panorama negatives or transparencies
>
> Thank you for any information you can provide.
>
>
>
>
> "Douglas MacDonald" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:YuU8c.125338$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >
> > >
> > That's not entirely correct advise, stewy.
> > Epson's new Prefection 4870 PHOTO is capable of exceeding the results
from a
> > Canon dedicated film scanner by a considerable amount. I have some eight
> > foot long prints from 6x9 cm negatives from this scanner to prove it.
Now
> > that Epson have released a new driver for it, the former "out of memory"
> > messages when using Digital ICE are a thing of the past and the only
gripe I
> > had with it. Have a look for yourself:
www.technoaussie.com/review_4870.htm
> > I couldn't unroll one of the really large prints out of the wind so I
got
> > some help to hold one of the smaller ones open!
> >
> > As for 35mm... I just scanned a 180 MB file from a 35mm negative I have
> > never had much joy scanning before. The shadows still have some noise
but
> > not anywhere near as bad as the dedicated scanner I have which cost over
> > twice as much!
> >
> > Douglas
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Thanks for the info ... those "issues" can (quite possibly) be handled.





"Douglas MacDonald" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> 4x5 are no problem and neither are 120 roll film panos. You might get 5x7s
> if you make a holder for them but 8x10? Nah... too much light fall off at
> the edge.
>
> Douglas
> ---------------

Arne Hendrickson wrote:
>> Any recommendations for the best slide/negative flatbed scanner? My
>> roommate bought an hp scanjet 3970 and this has to be the worst scanner
>> I have ever used. The software is a nightmare.

I have an HP 7400c, a year or two old. No complaints about the
software - it can even scan to word processor formats using OCR.

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