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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Looking For a Scanner for prints/negatives & slides | |
Was that a Plustek you are referring to?
For me, it was far cheaper than a drum scanner and I used Vuescan with it to scan 4x5 negatives and transparencies, for which it did an acceptable job. It's no drum scanner though, and as Rob de Loe mentioned above, you almost need a clean room to do the work in (not to mention sound anti-static workflows). It did come with an older version of Silverfast as well, and I believe I have that as well. As for whether it would speed things up for you compared to the scanner you used, hard to say without knowing exactly which scanner you used previously. It's a slow, large flat scanner. Still, I believe I have both batch templates for 35mm slides and strips, but I'd have to check for sure. Those templates might help speed up the process somewhat. I haven't shot nor processed smaller film myself since I left Europe in 1990.
I'd also have to power it on to make sure it still works, and perhaps update the version of Vuescan that's still installed on this computer (the version I have shows a last modified date of 2013 and it was used with Win 7 Pro). I had been thinking about getting rid of it to free up some storage space though, so I'll think about it. Probably wouldn't be able to check it out until the weekend though. Oh, and keep it might it probably wouldn't be cheap to ship. When I got it, it was packaged in its original packaging, then doublepacked and cushioned in a much larger box.
I'll shoot you a pm when I know more.
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