Digital Film Scanner €59.99

Tallon

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/2827_12416.htm

mport images into your PC with digital clarity and efficiency.

* Sensor: 5 megapixel
* Resolution: 1800 dpi
* Exposure: auto exposure and colour balance
* LCD: 6.09cm (2.4'') LCD colour display
* Memory card slot supports SD/MMC cards
* Connector: USB 2.0/TV-out
* Power: AC with USB adaptor
* Weight: 410g
* Size: 152 x 86 x 82mm

notspav

Any idea if that will accept 120 film?

melekalikimaka

avoid, utter tripe as usual

DaireQuinlan

melekalikimaka wrote: »

avoid, utter tripe as usual

+1

Do a quick search for 'aldi scanner' for more details.

Nforce

Yep...avoid at all costs. I got one of them (without the display) last time they were out and it was a waste of money.

Freddie59

Expensive price tag, but THIS is yer only man.:)

dazftw

Freddie59 wrote: »

Expensive price tag, but THIS is yer only man.:)

More like THIS!!!!

jimogr

Nforce wrote: »

Yep...avoid at all costs. I got one of them (without the display) last time they were out and it was a waste of money.

In what way was it a waste? Did it work at all? I'd just want it to scan in some family snaps, nothing major.

stcstc

actually

if you want a proper scanner

http://www.hasselblad.co.uk/products/scanners/flextight-x5.aspx

but 20K stg is kinda where your at in price!!!!

dazftw

stcstc wrote: »

actually

if you want a proper scanner

http://www.hasselblad.co.uk/products/scanners/flextight-x5.aspx

but 20K stg is kinda where your at in price!!!!

look at that thing!!!

stcstc

i have one of the older ones

the new ones produce stunning results

melekalikimaka

jimogr wrote: »

In what way was it a waste? Did it work at all? I'd just want it to scan in some family snaps, nothing major.

wouldnt really get usable prints out of them tbh, if its just a few family snaps, a camera shop would be a better option

Lynfo

If you're getting one of these, make sure it's compatible with your Windows version, I got one a while back and found it wasn't compatible with Vista so a total waste of money.

melekalikimaka

and they are defo not compatible with mac

Nforce

jimogr wrote: »

In what way was it a waste? Did it work at all? I'd just want it to scan in some family snaps, nothing major.

It "worked" fine....just the resulting image quality was dire.

Heebie

I'd go with the Nikon Coolscan 9000ED over this.. the resolution on the Nikon is up to 4,000 dpi regardless of the size of the negative, and I think it can do up to 6x9cm.. although it might even do up to 6x12cm. That's roughly equivalent to 113 megapixel image. [4000dpi * (1/2.54) * 6cm * 12cm] (1/2.54 being conversion from dots per inch to dots per cm)

But.. to be fair, that hasselblad can do roughly a 41 megapixel image. (2040 dpi at 4" by 5") and the Nikon 80 megapixel at the same size. (4000dpi at 4" by 5")
The Hasselblad is also not a dedicated film scanner like the Nikon is, and there are big differences between scanning transparencies and scanning reflective surfaces. I think the Hasselblad has an advantage in bit-depth of 2-bits per channel, but 14-bits per channel is already billions more colors than the human eye can perceive. (the eye can perceive about 10 million shades of color.. which is of course a very approximate number since there's no truly objective way to measure this and it varies from eye to eye.)

If you want to spend the extra money on the Hasselblad.. go for it.. but I'll make bigger prints with more detail while spending an awful lot less with the Nikon. (I wish I had the dosh to throw away on one!)

I don't think the Hasselblad is a good deal.. mostly name & hype.

stcstc wrote: »

actually

if you want a proper scanner

http://www.hasselblad.co.uk/products/scanners/flextight-x5.aspx

but 20K stg is kinda where your at in price!!!!