Reddit reviews Canon CanoScan 9000F Color Image Scanner
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Fare Level 3 delivers automatic dust and scratch removal as well as fading, grain and backlight correctionZero warm-up time and lower power consumption with White LED"Auto Scan Mode" automatically adjusts settings by detecting what you are scanningMaximum Document Size: 8.5 x 11.7 Inch (21.6 x 29.7cm)
I did 1500 so far, I used IDImager to catalog. Would really recommend it. Really the only solution I could find for cataloging large amounts of photos.
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Used that scanner, but it was a few years ago I bought it. Might be better now. Scans negatives great, which is what I mostly have. There are some auto negative scanners, but I couldn't see them working too well since you have to select the photo area.
I scanned into png since it was the best solution for lossless I could find. TIFF's were too big.
I hosted on smugmug since they would do pngs. Though their customer service has gone downhill in the 3 yrs I have had them, might not renew next year.
Depends on how much time you have and how many photos/negatives you have. If its only a few, try your local photo print house (preferably a nice professional non-chain shop). If it is more than a few, try an online place like ScanCafe. If we are talking boxes and boxes and you have time on your hands and are tech savvy, consider a film scanner with infrared channel ($400), a flatbed scanner with touchup software ($150), and scanning software ($80). If you know nothing about photo restoration/touchup, you'd be best to just pay ScanCafe to do it.
I still shoot quite a bit of film and develop my own black and white.
I use Ilford developer and fixer.
Find development times for any brand of developer here.
Decent scanners are fairly inexpensive.
This one will do.
Having a lab develop film and scan images to a cd cost around $10 a roll, so the scanner will pay for itself soon.
I don't deal with a darkroom for prints anymore. I like film and still use it, but for me, photoshop is so much easier.
You really need to get a scanner that can handle slides, like the Canon 9000F. It's only $150 and you can digitize that entire collection.
I got very good results with that Minolta scanner from Vuescan, but after giving the scanner back I ended up buying a Canon flatbed. Its film scans are decent, if not razor sharp, and the price was right.