--- Shyrell Melara <shyrellmelara@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Lea,
>
> What is your choice of scanner and does it scan negatives? I
> want to archive my kids pictures but would rather scan the
> negs. Some of the prints are very old.
>
> What scanner do all the rest of you use?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shyrell
I use a Nikon Coolscan IV, which I've had for several years. It
will scan negatives (35mm) but I've only used it to scan slides.
Works fine for those, even Kodachrome, for which it has a
separate setting.
The only problem with the Coolscan IV is the shallow depth of
field. That can present difficulties when scanning film that's
not perfectly flat. I've heard this is an issue with all the
Nikon film scanners. My solution with such slides is to scan
with the focus in the center of the image, then scan with the
focus set in one or more corners, then combine them in
Photoshop. Happily I rarely have to do that.
I use the software that came with the scanner. Some people say
you can get better results with VueScan or Silverfast,
especially if you are scanning negatives.
Richard
