Scan and print old negatives?

javajim

I wonder if any one can reccomend an 'all in one' printer that can scan old negatives, I know you can get ones that scan 35m, but I want to scan older type negatives such as 120 films etc.
Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

energy80s

Some of the dearer Epson scanners will do medium format, but the quality isn't fantastic. If you only have a few dozen negs, its probably better to let a professional lab do it for you. Most neg scanners only do 35mm, although I've managed to get my Plustek 7200 to scan 110 instamatic negs!

neilwoods

All depends on your budget, epson 3170 isnt too bad.

Am currently using a Epson perfection V750 PRO, excellent quality.

But like said, if you only have a few negs, cheaper to get someone else to do it.

CAT-THE-FIFTH

The problem with budget negative scanners is that they are unable to keep th negative lat enough to get a decent scan!

GaryS

CAT-THE-FIFTH wrote:

The problem with budget negative scanners is that they are unable to keep th negative lat enough to get a decent scan!

Not too sure what you meant to say but I have recently scanned in over 300 35mm slides and negatives using a Plustek 7200 with excellent results.

Some of the slides are over 35 years old and the scanned images are still superb.

Contains_Mild_Peril

If you want realy good quality (and have lots of negs so don't want to get a lab to do them all) you're best to splash out on a specialist film scanner.
120 film is a format which is still in use, so semi-pro models should be able to cope with that fine. Obsolete formats will probably scan OK too, but you might not be able to get holders to keep them perfectly flat, as you can with current formats.

javajim

Thanks to all for your replies. Neilwoods I will look at the Epsons and GaryS the Plustek sounds good

Moneymaker

My "Epson Perfection 4870 Photo" came with "masks" that holds 35mm AND several other sizes. See my reply here:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=351287

javajim

Thanks for the guide Moneymaker.