Film/slide Scanner

[Vipers]

I am looking for a reasonaly priced scanner for slides, colour and B & W negatives. All are 35mm and I just want to convert them to digital format, and print no bigger than 5 x 7.

Looked at the Epson range, so many to choose from, and TBH I have no absolutely idea what is the best/economical one to go for, or even if I need a Epson.

I have seen some ones which are quite small, I bought a Summitt Photofix Copier some time ago, didnt copy many and cant really remember how good it was, lost the software so it dosent work now, I think it was installed on my long lost dead PC.

So any ideas guys. Dont want top of the range, something reasonable for the price and end result.

[Pixel Pusher]

Have you seen the Nikon Cool scan?

Quite a nice little scanner. Looks like there's a few on Ebay.

[Red16]

My dad fancies one if these to digitise his old photos, are the standalone ones that scan direct to memory card any better/worse than a one connected to a computer?

[oxford drinker]

I use a Plustek OpticFilm 7400, and am very pleased with it. Not sure whether it's top or bottom of the range, but I recall they're about 170 quid

[RizzoTheRat]

A mate decided to give the one Aldi were selling recently for about £35 a go. I'm accept spending a couple of hundred quid on one would probably give a better result but to my eye it's pretty good.

[Vipers]

Well, thanks guys, seems like a minefield to me, but it's given me some to think about.

[P K Wright]

Another one for the Plustek OpticFilm 7400, very happy with the results.

[Vipers]

P K Wright said:

Another one for the Plustek OpticFilm 7400, very happy with the results.

Bit pricy though. But thanks.