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TiJean · 06-24-2008, 07:42 AM

I use the Canoscan 8400F. I primarily chose it because it can do medium format as well as two strips of 35mm at a time like the 8800F. I use the standard software and import into Photoshop CS3. It's okay and was well worth the ~$150 I spent on it a couple of years back but it really blocks up detail and I wouldn't use it to scan negatives for printing.

I've been using the ol' K-1000 lately. Actually, I have two of them I've been keeping in film lately, since I picked up a second some time ago thinking that the first was surely at the end of its life. Turns out that the first was just being grumpy that week and its perfectly fine now. I probably loaded a bit of film wrong into it.

Once I get a batch of Perceptol (developer) mixed up I only have a month to use it. Now a rational person would just shoot a bunch then mix developer and develop everything at once, but that required patience.

Here is one from my last roll -- Ilford SFX and a Hoya RM-72 filter. Its not the best of the bunch and I processed it mostly as an example but it is what I have on hand to post.

06-24-2008, 07:42 AM	#75
TiJean Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lower Appalachia Gallery Photos: 0 Posts: 37	I use the Canoscan 8400F. I primarily chose it because it can do medium format as well as two strips of 35mm at a time like the 8800F. I use the standard software and import into Photoshop CS3. It's okay and was well worth the ~$150 I spent on it a couple of years back but it really blocks up detail and I wouldn't use it to scan negatives for printing. I've been using the ol' K-1000 lately. Actually, I have two of them I've been keeping in film lately, since I picked up a second some time ago thinking that the first was surely at the end of its life. Turns out that the first was just being grumpy that week and its perfectly fine now. I probably loaded a bit of film wrong into it. Once I get a batch of Perceptol (developer) mixed up I only have a month to use it. Now a rational person would just shoot a bunch then mix developer and develop everything at once, but that required patience. Here is one from my last roll -- Ilford SFX and a Hoya RM-72 filter. Its not the best of the bunch and I processed it mostly as an example but it is what I have on hand to post.