APS film scanner for home use?

[Mr. Grinch]

Is there such a thing as a home scanner that will scan APS negatives, still
in the cartridge?

There various photo stores do offer scanning of your APS negatives. Does
anyone know what to look for in terms of resolution and quality if I just
take the APS flims in and ask them to scan them?

I've been scanning in the prints, and I'm not happy with the results. The
colors just don't match very well and they are too dark. This is with a
Mustek 1200 CU at 600dpi. I know there are much better quality scanners
out there that will probably do a better job of capturing the prints. But
I'm wondering if I should just skip it and get all the APS films scanned by
someone who offers this service.

Thanks in advance

....Dennis

 

[Bruce Graham]

Is there such a thing as a home scanner that will scan APS negatives, still
in the cartridge?

There various photo stores do offer scanning of your APS negatives. Does
anyone know what to look for in terms of resolution and quality if I just
take the APS flims in and ask them to scan them?

I've been scanning in the prints, and I'm not happy with the results. The
colors just don't match very well and they are too dark. This is with a
Mustek 1200 CU at 600dpi. I know there are much better quality scanners
out there that will probably do a better job of capturing the prints. But
I'm wondering if I should just skip it and get all the APS films scanned by
someone who offers this service.

Thanks in advance

...Dennis

The Canon FS4000 always came bundled with a motorised feed APS adapter.
On most other home scanners that was an extra cost item. I suspect you
could find a good deal on a second hand one of these as they have been on
the market for about three years and some people are moving on. The
4000dpi is a good idea for the little APS negative - it works very well.
It does not read the magnetic data (almost none of the competitors do
that either).

Scanning has a significant learning curve, so only consider this if you
will be doing a lot of it.

 

[Jim]

Several of them offer an APS adapter (Nikon, for example).

Is there such a thing as a home scanner that will scan APS negatives, still
in the cartridge?

There various photo stores do offer scanning of your APS negatives. Does
anyone know what to look for in terms of resolution and quality if I just
take the APS flims in and ask them to scan them?

This depends on the size of prints you expect to make. Figure the final
print should wind up at 240 dpi. Thus, you will need 8*240 (1920) ppi in
your scan to be able to output a good 8x10.
Jim

 

[Mr. Grinch]

The Canon FS4000 always came bundled with a motorised feed APS
adapter. On most other home scanners that was an extra cost item. I
suspect you could find a good deal on a second hand one of these as
they have been on the market for about three years and some people are
moving on. The 4000dpi is a good idea for the little APS negative -
it works very well. It does not read the magnetic data (almost none
of the competitors do that either).

Scanning has a significant learning curve, so only consider this if
you will be doing a lot of it.

Thank you for the info! It's appreciated!

 

[Mr. Grinch]

Several of them offer an APS adapter (Nikon, for example).

This depends on the size of prints you expect to make. Figure the
final print should wind up at 240 dpi. Thus, you will need 8*240
(1920) ppi in your scan to be able to output a good 8x10.
Jim

That sounds about right. Ok, now I know what kind of resolution I should
be shooting for in these scans, if I do it myself or get someone to do it.
Thanks again!

 

[Mendel Leisk]

Is there such a thing as a home scanner that will scan APS negatives, still
in the cartridge?

There various photo stores do offer scanning of your APS negatives. Does
anyone know what to look for in terms of resolution and quality if I just
take the APS flims in and ask them to scan them?

I've been scanning in the prints, and I'm not happy with the results. The
colors just don't match very well and they are too dark. This is with a
Mustek 1200 CU at 600dpi. I know there are much better quality scanners
out there that will probably do a better job of capturing the prints. But
I'm wondering if I should just skip it and get all the APS films scanned by
someone who offers this service.

Thanks in advance

...Dennis

My Minolta Scan Dual II can do this with an optional attachment. This
extra item is about $149 Canadian, I believe. I think the Scan Dual
III and IV will also accept this attachment. The Nikon Coolscan V as
well? Check out their sites.

 

[Aitch]

I can confirm that the Minolta Scan Dual III will take APS but an
attachment is required which, of course, costs extra.

On 17 Apr 2004 19:02:56 -0700, poking away at the keyboard,