Hello all. I've just purchased the Nikon Coolscan V ED (about £440 was what I paid) and it really is wonderful. I've used flatbed scanners previously with the slide / negative adaptors but the results are nothing like the ones I'm getting here.
I'm fortunate to work from home so can have my home PC being fed in the background as I work. In the past 3 days I've scanned 250 negatives. It is a SLOW process and I look at the piles of stuff still to do. It has brought to life some very old and tired pictures and the images look as fresh as if they had been taken today.
I've also bought the IX240 adaptor for some old APS stuff. Haven't got to use that yet though.
£440 seems a lot for a single device, but my plan is to sell it to the local camera dealership or even eBay once I've migrated my slide / neg collection (by April time I hope!).
A question for the panel. Sorting through my old shoeboxes of photos I realise that I have a LOT of missing negatives. Can someone recommend a very good quality flatbed scanner that can handle photographs really well and incorporate some kind of ICE filtering?
And finally: I've a few strips of B&W negatives. These are just not being handled at all well. The effects come out 'posterised' is the best descrption. All black and white with harsh edge detection. No greyscales. I've tried all the input / colour filters. The various toolbox options but can't get B&W scans to work. Any Coolscan owners out there with suggestions?