On Mar 30, 7:49*am, "Don White" wrote:
"TheRealSteve" wrote in message

...







On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:00:31 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

"TheRealSteve" wrote in message
. ..

On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:29:44 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

My buddy from the BVI and I were talking about all the old 35mm slides
and
negatives we have from the good 'ole days. * We both decided we need a
scanner so we can share old pictures with family & friends.
He lives on a 32' sailboat on Tortola so a smaller dedicated unit might
suit
him.
I have the room... and will have other uses, like copying documents
(seem
to
do this a lot for moms affairs) so I ordered a Canon CanoScan CS8800F
from
FutureShop at a sale price of $199.99 CDN.
Anyone have any experience scanning their old film/slides over to
digital?
Here's the unit..
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...0665000FS10094...
Note: *the sale price expired yesterday.

I have one of these:
http://nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/...m-Scanners/923....
and the results are stunning. *The software really works well also,
getting rid of scratches, grain, etc. *But it really slows down
scanning time from maybe 40 seconds per shot to maybe 1-2 minutes per
shot if you have to do a lot of software processing/correction of bad
film.

Steve

Sounds like a quality unit..although a bit pricey at $600.00. (acording to
one site)

You can get them used in excellent condition for half that. *People
buy one, scan in all their negatives and don't generate anymore so
there's nothing left to scan. *Then they sell it.

Steve

That's one of the reasons I bought the Canon CS8800F flatbed scanner.
It's versatile...I'll be using it off & on for years... and at $200.00 CDN
(about $160.00 US) not a big layout of cash.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Tell me how it works out Don.

"Tim" wrote in message
...
On Mar 30, 7:49 am, "Don White" wrote:
"TheRealSteve" wrote in message

...







On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:00:31 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

"TheRealSteve" wrote in message
. ..

On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:29:44 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

My buddy from the BVI and I were talking about all the old 35mm slides
and
negatives we have from the good 'ole days. We both decided we need a
scanner so we can share old pictures with family & friends.
He lives on a 32' sailboat on Tortola so a smaller dedicated unit
might
suit
him.
I have the room... and will have other uses, like copying documents
(seem
to
do this a lot for moms affairs) so I ordered a Canon CanoScan CS8800F
from
FutureShop at a sale price of $199.99 CDN.
Anyone have any experience scanning their old film/slides over to
digital?
Here's the unit..
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...0665000FS10094...
Note: the sale price expired yesterday.

I have one of these:
http://nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/...m-Scanners/923...
and the results are stunning. The software really works well also,
getting rid of scratches, grain, etc. But it really slows down
scanning time from maybe 40 seconds per shot to maybe 1-2 minutes per
shot if you have to do a lot of software processing/correction of bad
film.

Steve

Sounds like a quality unit..although a bit pricey at $600.00. (acording
to
one site)

You can get them used in excellent condition for half that. People
buy one, scan in all their negatives and don't generate anymore so
there's nothing left to scan. Then they sell it.

Steve

That's one of the reasons I bought the Canon CS8800F flatbed scanner.
It's versatile...I'll be using it off & on for years... and at $200.00 CDN
(about $160.00 US) not a big layout of cash.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Tell me how it works out Don.

***********************************

Will do...should be here tomorrow.

On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:49:41 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


"TheRealSteve" wrote in message
.. .

On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:00:31 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:


"TheRealSteve" wrote in message
...

On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:29:44 -0300, "Don White"
wrote:

My buddy from the BVI and I were talking about all the old 35mm slides
and
negatives we have from the good 'ole days. We both decided we need a
scanner so we can share old pictures with family & friends.
He lives on a 32' sailboat on Tortola so a smaller dedicated unit might
suit
him.
I have the room... and will have other uses, like copying documents
(seem
to
do this a lot for moms affairs) so I ordered a Canon CanoScan CS8800F
from
FutureShop at a sale price of $199.99 CDN.
Anyone have any experience scanning their old film/slides over to
digital?
Here's the unit..
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...gon=&langid=EN
Note: the sale price expired yesterday.

I have one of these:
http://nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/...SCAN-V-ED.html
and the results are stunning. The software really works well also,
getting rid of scratches, grain, etc. But it really slows down
scanning time from maybe 40 seconds per shot to maybe 1-2 minutes per
shot if you have to do a lot of software processing/correction of bad
film.

Steve

Sounds like a quality unit..although a bit pricey at $600.00. (acording to
one site)

You can get them used in excellent condition for half that. People
buy one, scan in all their negatives and don't generate anymore so
there's nothing left to scan. Then they sell it.

Steve

That's one of the reasons I bought the Canon CS8800F flatbed scanner.
It's versatile...I'll be using it off & on for years... and at $200.00 CDN
(about $160.00 US) not a big layout of cash.

But if you buy the Nikon used and then sell it for the same you bought
it for when you're finished scanning, you haven't layed out any cash
permanently. And in the meantime you get higher quality scans in less
time. And you can always keep your flatbed scanner for years.

Only reason I went the way I did is because I have boxes and boxes of
negatives and the auto film handling really speeds up the process. And
if I'm going to go through the time and effort of scanning them in, I
want high quality scans. My time involved is worth a lot more than
the few bucks I might lose (or make) when I sell it.

Of course, if your film shots are not good quality to begin with,
you'll just get a high quality scan of drech. In that case, you won't
see much difference between the scanners.

Steve