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Scanning 800ft of 35mm Colour negative - Can it be done?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:41 pm
by pagalloser
Help Help Help. I'm looking for a solution and I need a lot of help. I have over 800ft of 35mm colour negative film. I would like to scan and archive each frame (1 by 1) and have it saved to an external drive. I can cut the film into shorter rolls if needed but essentially I need a solution that can handle this large volume. Has anyone had this problem? If so, so what is the solution?


Please help.


Sanj

Re: Scanning 800ft of 35mm Colour negative - Can it be done?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:49 pm
by LSI_Luebker
Dear Sanj,

with 35 MM Film our SilverFast Archive Suite with the integrated find frame feature should be quite sufficiant, you can try out a Demo for free if you want.
http://www.silverfast.com/show/silverfa ... te/en.html

Re: Scanning 800ft of 35mm Colour negative - Can it be done?

PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 3:40 pm
by pagalloser
What's the best scanner to use for this?

I need a one that is fast, has a high sharp resolution and a very high dynamic range more than 4K.

Sanj

Re: Scanning 800ft of 35mm Colour negative - Can it be done?

PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:11 pm
by LSI_Luebker
Dear Sanj,

I think you would need a very good Flatbett Scanner or a Nikon LS4000/5000 and the Reflecta ProScan and RPS as they would feed the film through the scanner with the appropriate film holder.
Most other Film-Scanners do not have the possibility to feed Film through so you could just use a already cut film strips.