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so im looking into getting a used film scanner off E-bay
my price range is 100-200 bucks (ideally i spend 150)
i dont need anything fancy and my main use for the scanner would be to
scan all my negs to use as a sort of contact sheet. I develope my own B&W and i do have access to a dark room, but i would rather spent my hours in there actually printing pictures rather then contact sheets to see what my pics look like. (it does cost me to use said darkroom)
I would also use the scans to post here.
I would use it to scan slides to and other color films.
Ive been looking on e-bay and a scanner that comes up often (for around 150) is the Nikon LS-2000. I dont know much about scanners. I've looked stuff up and i understand that whole ICE thing (to get rid of dust) and i get the whole resolution thing but im a little confused on the color depth, IE 8 bit vs 16 vs 32 etc. Anyway, what are good scanners in that price range (remember im looking used) and what are things to look for in a scanner.
also what are some scanners to avoid.
Im not looking for something super good, im not going to print from the scans (ill print from the actual negs) but i also dont want a piece that im going to be frustrated with
help would be cool
thanks
my price range is 100-200 bucks (ideally i spend 150)
i dont need anything fancy and my main use for the scanner would be to
scan all my negs to use as a sort of contact sheet. I develope my own B&W and i do have access to a dark room, but i would rather spent my hours in there actually printing pictures rather then contact sheets to see what my pics look like. (it does cost me to use said darkroom)
I would also use the scans to post here.
I would use it to scan slides to and other color films.
Ive been looking on e-bay and a scanner that comes up often (for around 150) is the Nikon LS-2000. I dont know much about scanners. I've looked stuff up and i understand that whole ICE thing (to get rid of dust) and i get the whole resolution thing but im a little confused on the color depth, IE 8 bit vs 16 vs 32 etc. Anyway, what are good scanners in that price range (remember im looking used) and what are things to look for in a scanner.
also what are some scanners to avoid.
Im not looking for something super good, im not going to print from the scans (ill print from the actual negs) but i also dont want a piece that im going to be frustrated with
help would be cool
thanks