k...@khk.net said: > Especially if you have mid and large format slides or negatives, > using a flatbed is a much more cost effictive solution, for large > format you may not even be able to find a dedicated film scanner > (that is as long as we are not talking about drum scanners).
Minolta Scan Multi Pro and Nikon LS8000 both scan up to 6x9cm negatives and slides, and are both widely available at least in the U.K. so I cannot believe it is any different in the rest of europe and north america. Yes these are more expensive than a cheap flatbed, but you get much greater colour depth, greater resolution and an IR channel as well. Remember that if you have any medium format negatives in the first place you have already deployed very expensive high end camera to get them. What I question is given you have used the high end expensive equipment to take the photographs, why you would then used a cheap flat bed scanner to scan them in. It just does not make any logical sense at all. If you can't afford the medium format negative scanner you would be better off with a 35mm camera and a good 35mm film scanner, rather than blowing all your money on a medium format camera which you then cannot afford a suitable film scanner for. My grandmother would have called it "spoiling the boat for a ha'porth of tar" JAB. -- Jonathan A. Buzzard Email: jonat...@buzzard.org.uk Northumberland, United Kingdom. Tel: +44(0)1661-832195
