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RogersRanger
I got married on March 26th. I didn't have a professional
photographer, but I had 3 or 4 semi-pros running around with 35mm
SLRs. I thought that I would go to Costco, get my film developed and
have my negatives put on a CD so I could edit the photos and print
them out at Wolf camera relatively cheaply. Well, I found out that
Costco's scans were in such a low resolution, printing would be out of
the question for anything but 4X6s. Since I have about 40 rolls of
film, having them professionally scanned is out of the question for
me.
I have an extremely limited budget. I was thinking that the most cost
effective route would be to buy my own scanner, and scan in my
negatives. I have been reading these forums, and have figured that
everyone is going to tell me to buy a dedicated negative scanner. The
only scanner I can find in my extremely limited price range is the HP
S20. I have found the S20 for about $140-160. The S20 only scans at
2400 dpi. Would this be good enough for scanning ISO 100 film to be
printed at 8*10?
If not, I was thinking about going for the Epson 3170 ($170-200). I
know it is not a dedicated negative scanner, but it seems to have
pretty good reviews.
Since both of these products are similarly priced, I was wondering
which one I should get. Any suggestions? Thanks
photographer, but I had 3 or 4 semi-pros running around with 35mm
SLRs. I thought that I would go to Costco, get my film developed and
have my negatives put on a CD so I could edit the photos and print
them out at Wolf camera relatively cheaply. Well, I found out that
Costco's scans were in such a low resolution, printing would be out of
the question for anything but 4X6s. Since I have about 40 rolls of
film, having them professionally scanned is out of the question for
me.
I have an extremely limited budget. I was thinking that the most cost
effective route would be to buy my own scanner, and scan in my
negatives. I have been reading these forums, and have figured that
everyone is going to tell me to buy a dedicated negative scanner. The
only scanner I can find in my extremely limited price range is the HP
S20. I have found the S20 for about $140-160. The S20 only scans at
2400 dpi. Would this be good enough for scanning ISO 100 film to be
printed at 8*10?
If not, I was thinking about going for the Epson 3170 ($170-200). I
know it is not a dedicated negative scanner, but it seems to have
pretty good reviews.
Since both of these products are similarly priced, I was wondering
which one I should get. Any suggestions? Thanks