Does anyone out there have any info on negative scanners? Will they scan slides as well as negatives? What would the best brands be?
Any info will be appreciated (links are appreciated too - LOL)!

CP

More correctly known as film scanners they scan both negatives and transparencies (slides). There are scanners that are exclusively made to scan film and there are those that scan film and well as your usual flat bed scanning. Probably the two most important questions you need to ask yourself are: 1.What are you going to be doing with the images you scan? 2.How much do you want to spend? If you can give us an idea of what your expectations are then maybe we can help you out a little better. :~)

...and also, what size film, 35mm?

What they said, plus add in what you will be hooking this up to. Whether you want to use firewire, USB 2, USB, External SCSI, Internal SCSI or parallel. -=>Donald

Well - I'd like to use either a USB or parallel connection. I already have a flat bed scanner and it isn't much good for scanning negatives/transparencies.

I'm using 35mm film and I'm trying to find out about film scanners and prices at the moment, so again - any help will be appreciated.

I'm actually trying to decide what I want and am exploring the possibilities.

BTW - thanks so far!!! :)
CP

Attached Link: http://www.scansoft.com/scannerguide/

One place to look would be here...... you might find something useful there. Again the list of scanners is never ending.... still limiting it to film scanners you still have a lot of choices. You can spend thousands or you can spend hundreds. I suggest taking a look at this site that I've provided the link for.... seems there should be some useful information there. For what it's worth I have a CanoScan FS 4000US....

'Chelle did not mention if she liked her scanner or not; but she does nice work with it, and it has some really good reviews. I convinced myself awhile ago that I couldn't live without a Nikon 8000, as sometimes I use medium format film. I must say, the results are really nice. But, for the high price, there are some plastic pieces that are pretty flimsey and dissapointing. And the software is a continual struggle with WinXP. The software does work, but it has to be installed with the exact magic words in the proper order.

Attached Link: http://www.pcphotomag.com//content/pastissues/1999/nov/scanners.html

Yes.....I'm quite happy with my scanner.....but Cindy has not said what she is looking to spend. I did a google search for film scanners and I'm coming up short for educational links. I'm afraid that even my link is not as helpful as I thought it would be on second inspection. What I want is to try and find a site where Cindy can educate herself, so that she can make an informed decision and hopefully figure out what features in a scanner she has to have and which she can do without. I was able to find this article.....however keep in mind it's from the Nov. 1999 issue of PCPhoto Magazine....so some of the info may be a little out of date. It is very informative though, and I would recommend the magazine, as I subscribe to it myself.

Attached Link: http://www.imaging-resource.com/

This site is really heavy on information, but if you can get through it I think their testing methods and all of the images they put up really helps make decisions. -=>Donald