Digital BW, The Print

Hi Sarah, this subject has been discussed at some length on
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/.  One of the suggestions there
was to look at the high end flatbed scanners such as Creo as an alternative
to purchasing a drum scanner.  Your friend might have a look at the
secondhand market in these to see if they are affordable.  They should prove
easier to use than a drum scanner.

David Whistance
  -----Original Message-----
  From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of sagaface
  Sent: 09 July 2007 21:19
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] All you scanning pros: Great scanner for 4x5
negs?


  Thanks all, for the responses so far. It gives me a fair amount to report
back for
  consideration. Some other info that I didin't make very clear:

  My friend has inherited from several sources a vast collection of old
maritime negs dating
  from the late 1800's thru about 1970. All together i think there are three
sources, totalling
  something close to 4000 negs! He had been sending out his scans - just a
few so far - at
  $130 a pop. Then he found someone to do it for $75....but doesn't know
what type of
  scanner they used.

  He has been considering purchasing one, because the scanning/archiving of
all these is
  going to take quite some time, and he figured sending them all out would
eventually
  bankrupt him. He assumed (rightly or wrongly) that the initial outlay for
a better-than-
  decent scanner would save him money in the end, considering how many negs
there are.

  The $5000 is just my guess at what he'd be willing to spend on the scanner
alone....I just
  threw that number out there for him to consider, thinking about used drum
scanners in
  my mind. I had no idea how off the mark I might be but I knew they were
quite expensive
  and I wanted to prepare him for a high number. Obviously less $$ would be
better! He was
  then hoping to hire someone to work for him, scanning as well as other
things. He
  wouldn't be printing them himself.

  Thanks again for all comments,
  Sarah

  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, wkm@... wrote:
  >
  > I'd take a look at the Epsons as others have suggested. Drum scanning
requires a skilled
  operator and those folks are few and far between. If drum scanning is
something that
  becomes a must then I would send the negs out to a lab with a skilled
operator using
  equipment that they are familar with rather than trying to find one to
operate yours.
  >
  > Walt
  >
  > >-----Original Message-----
  > >From: sagaface [mailto:sagaface@...]
  > >Sent: Monday, July 9, 2007 04:49 AM
  > >To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  > >Subject: [Digital BW] All you scanning pros: Great scanner for 4x5
negs?
  > >
  > >Hi all,
  > >
  > >Can any of you recommend a scanner for (old and delicate) 4x5 negs?
It's not for me,
  but
  > >for a friend who is considering purchasing a pro-sumer oriented model
and hiring
  > >someone who knows what they're doing to use it, with the end result
being poster
  sized
  > >prints.
  > >
  > > I think his price range is up to around 5-ish grand.
  > >
  > >If this topic has been beaten to death, could someone direct me to an
archived thread?
  I
  > >haven't found anything specific yet.
  > >
  > >thanks!
  > >Sarah
  > >
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