Transfering photo negatives to digital form

[Gotti]

is this possible? i have hundreds of pics that i can't be fucked scanning, do any companies offer this as a service?

[Spectrum]

Just about every lab will do it.

They seem to prefer un-cut-rolls rather than strips-cut-into-four. The latter can prove more expensive due to the increased handling.

Also, I recommend, as far as non-pro labs go, the places that have a Fuji Frontier system. Simply amazing clarity and colour reproduction, and I've found that the Frontier systems to be fairly consistent from lab to lab.

Or just buy a good scanner that can actually scan at a worthwhile pace. Shame they typically cost over a grand.

[phunkdust]

Yeah but it's expensive.

The cheap places will only do a 1500dpi scan or so.

I'd just plough through them at home with a good scanner. A high end epson for around $500.

[arradius]

I got a scanner from Aldi that has pretty damn good quality, plus a neg scanner attachment.
90 bucks or something I think.
4800-9600 DPI CCD, 48 bit colour etc etc.

[ghettro]

I have used an old Epson Perfection photo 3200 flatbed scanner which has neg carriers for 35mm, 120 and 4x5 which works pretty well. Can get quite good scans, obviously not as good as a dedicated one. Very time consuming though, I would average about 5-10min per frame which includes spotting dust and minor stuff like that.

these guys do bulk scanning, might be worth just getting them in relatively low res, then getting the keepers scanned at higher res. still it's not cheap
http://www.thelabsydney.com/