Plustek appears to be the biggest player in the low-cost dedicated 35mm scanner market now that Kodak, Nikon, and other big players have dropped out.   These max out at 7200dpi it appears, which for most uses is fine.  This is likely because the flatbeds with lighted tops and adapter trays have pushed them out.

Beyond this, you jump WAY up to drum scanners in the multi-thousand dollars range reaching 10k plus dpi.  But resolution is not the only advantage to drum scanning.  A drum scanner also scans the object from edge to edge so they can be critical for archival work where everything must be scanned, including edge numbers and hand markings in the perforations.  Standard film scanners use a "holder" and are generally designed only to scan the "image"are and not the perf area.

Cheers,
                   tod
  
On Apr 26, 2013, at 1:57 PM, Amanda Vtipil wrote:

> Happy Friday!
> 
> I am currently researching options for digitizing negative film and slides and was hoping you all might have some helpful advice.  We are a small repository which houses archaeological collections.  I am about to embark on a inventory of all non-digital images housed here but I need to provide a rough estimate of how much digitization may cost.  
> 
> At first I was considering sending these objects out to be digitized but as I looked at prices I realized that it may be possible to acquire a decent scanner specifically manufactured for this purpose for the around the same amount.  Does anyone have experience with sending their negatives off to be digitized and do you have a ball park figure on how much it cost (per image I suppose)?  Or does anyone have recommendations for a scanner capable of scanning slides and negatives well?   Any insight into which option has worked better (or not so well) for you would be greatly appreciated!  Thank you in advance!
> 
> Have a good weekend!
> 
> Amanda
> 
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