Recommend a film scanner please!

[jinnantonnixx]

I've got a heap of negatives and slides which I'd like to digitise. I have an ancient Minolta scanner, but it's so painfully slow I simply cannot bring myself to use it.

 

Ideally, I'd like a standalone system, so I can lend to my parents, for instance, and one which scans at a reasonable speed to a memory card or USB storage device.

 

Anyone know of something that'll fit the bill?

 

Money is most certainly an object.

 

Thanks.

Edited November 6, 2013 by jinnantonnixx

[MatthewL]

Sorry to bump an old topic, did you find a standalone one in the end?

 

I've been looking at few different ones and I am after any feedback from users of them. I've got a box full to scan.

[jinnantonnixx]

Sorry to bump an old topic, did you find a standalone one in the end?

 

I've been looking at few different ones and I am after any feedback from users of them. I've got a box full to scan.

 

No I didn't. The arch procrastinator emerged and moved it to the 'to do' list, and I forgot about it. I'm glad this has come up today, as a scanner would make quite a nice Christmas present.

[MatthewL]

I've been looking you either a standalone device which I am looking at or one that links to the PC, plus some flat bed type scanners have attachments.

 

I'm not finding anything outstanding but there are some on Amazon where you can plug in a SD card and away you go so I might go for one of these as its easier than linking to the PC in the situation I have.