Best flatbed scanner for 620/120/220/126 negatives?

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Greetinga again, I just made a post relating to scanning old family
pics! I've been using a Canoscan 5000F for family photos, 35mm
negatives & slides for a few weeks now. BUT-in the Archives are
considerable 620 Kodacolor negatives(taken with Kodak Brownie cameras),
as well as some 120 & 220. With the Canoscan 5000F there are film
holders for 35mm negs & slides ONLY. I've experimented with centering a
few 620 negs on the slide holder & securing them with masking tape long
enough to scan them. Sometimes works alright, other times I need to
recalibrate the scanner to get decent color. Some of the 620 negative
Kodacolor stuff looks really nice(the 1950s print from same have
yellowed badly!), but I am losing a lot of image this way.

The Canoscan 8400F has "medium format" film holders, will that suffice
for 620 negatives? I think there is an Epson that will do "medium
format" as well. I'm talking about a $150 to $200 range now, not the
$400+ models these two companies produce(budget, ya know!). Also, what
does one do for old 126 Instamatic negatives? Then there is 110 & Kodak
Disc film. Scans always look better from a negative rather than a
print, but I don't see anything on the market advertsied as handling
these "orphan" negative formats. Thanks again for any tips on this
subject!

Dennis
 
Dennman6 said:
Greetinga again, I just made a post relating to scanning old family
pics! I've been using a Canoscan 5000F for family photos, 35mm
negatives & slides for a few weeks now. BUT-in the Archives are
considerable 620 Kodacolor negatives(taken with Kodak Brownie cameras),
as well as some 120 & 220. With the Canoscan 5000F there are film
holders for 35mm negs & slides ONLY. I've experimented with centering a
few 620 negs on the slide holder & securing them with masking tape long
enough to scan them. Sometimes works alright, other times I need to
recalibrate the scanner to get decent color. Some of the 620 negative
Kodacolor stuff looks really nice(the 1950s print from same have
yellowed badly!), but I am losing a lot of image this way.

The Canoscan 8400F has "medium format" film holders, will that suffice
for 620 negatives? I think there is an Epson that will do "medium
format" as well. I'm talking about a $150 to $200 range now, not the
$400+ models these two companies produce(budget, ya know!). Also, what
does one do for old 126 Instamatic negatives? Then there is 110 & Kodak
Disc film. Scans always look better from a negative rather than a
print, but I don't see anything on the market advertsied as handling
these "orphan" negative formats. Thanks again for any tips on this
subject!

Dennis
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I own a Canon CanScan 8400F.

Yes, the Canon CanoScan 8400F will scan 620/120 film.( And very well!)

620 film is the same as 120/220 film. The 120 holder will hold 3 frames of
120 film in a strip.

However 126 is another thing. The film holders supplied with the CanoScan
8400F only fit 35 mm film strips, 2 x 2 inch Slides and 120/620 film.

Although 126 film is the same width as 35 mm film, the image frame is very
different.

You can scan a part of the 126 film frame, but the top portion of the 126 is
cut off by the film strip holder. If you don't mind losing the top of the
126 frame, you can use the 35 mm film strip holders.

It is possible to make a paper mask for the 126 film and scan on the
CanoScan 8400F.
If you want to make a paper mask, make it from black construction paper and
do not forget the calibration slot. Copy the calibration slot from the 35mm
strip holder.

I have experimented with scanning 126 film on the 8400F scanner. It is
possible to scan 126 film in the Advanced mode by turning off the Thumbnail
view. I did it by laying the film on the glass without a holder and leaving
space for the calibration at the beginning of the scan. (Darn hard to get
the film straight!)

There are no current film scanners that will scan 126 film today without you
creating a mask. None of today's scanners are designed for or have film
holders for 126 film.

For 110 film and Kodak Disc, a great big maybe. 110 film is basically 16 mm
movie film. and the Kodak Disc is in a cardboard mount.

It may be possible to get the 8400F to show you something, If you develop a
technique to scan 126 film, you should also figure a way to scan 110 and
Disc.

110 film frame size is small, 13 mm x 17 mm. (Do not expect great results
from this format!)
126 file frame size is 28 mm x 28 mm.

If you have prints from 110 and Disc films, it is best to scan the prints.
 
Greetinga again, I just made a post relating to scanning old family
pics! I've been using a Canoscan 5000F for family photos, 35mm
negatives & slides for a few weeks now. BUT-in the Archives are
considerable 620 Kodacolor negatives(taken with Kodak Brownie cameras),
as well as some 120 & 220. With the Canoscan 5000F there are film
holders for 35mm negs & slides ONLY. I've experimented with centering a
few 620 negs on the slide holder & securing them with masking tape long
enough to scan them. Sometimes works alright, other times I need to
recalibrate the scanner to get decent color. Some of the 620 negative
Kodacolor stuff looks really nice(the 1950s print from same have
yellowed badly!), but I am losing a lot of image this way.

The Canoscan 8400F has "medium format" film holders, will that suffice
for 620 negatives? I think there is an Epson that will do "medium
format" as well. I'm talking about a $150 to $200 range now, not the
$400+ models these two companies produce(budget, ya know!). Also, what
does one do for old 126 Instamatic negatives? Then there is 110 & Kodak
Disc film. Scans always look better from a negative rather than a
print, but I don't see anything on the market advertsied as handling
these "orphan" negative formats. Thanks again for any tips on this
subject!

Dennis
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Dennis,

I have an Epson 3170 Photo that I bought refurbished from the Epson
Store that works just great with medium format film. (see
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/ClearSave.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&ref=zai
and scroll down to the scanners) It's now $124, and I think the
shipping might be free too.

For scanning 110 film, I made a homemade film holder out of two pieces
of sheet aluminum, the overall size of a 35mm slide mount, and an
inner cutout to match the size of one frome of 110 film. I use thin in
my Nikon film scanner, and find it works reasonably well.
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
 
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