I started a new thread on this so the information will not be buried deep in the previous discussion. This subject clearly is of interest to many of us who are old enough to have shot film and have accumulated a collection of photos we want digitized. Many are somewhat mystified by how the scanning process really works. Also, A lot of folks don't want to get dragged into the deep technical aspect and just want to get it done. Allow me to offer two websites that can likely answer nearly any question about scanning film in the context we as railroad fans want to do it.
The first is www.scantips.com. A gentleman by the name of Wayne Fulton put this website up, and I consider it the best resource about the scanning process available on the internet. The website has a 1997-2013 copyright date and I fist saw it in 1998. If you want the basics or a more in-depth discussion of how scanning works, this is your place. I just looked it over and the material in the website is all still applicable. However the site mentions a number of scanners and software to run them that are no longer manufactured, so that aspect has not been updated.
The other website is www.filmscanner.info/en. This is actually a German website with a good English translation available. This is up to date, and is a business that sells scanners and scanning products. They have a series of no-nonsense reviews of most of the scanners that have been available, current or past. If you are in the market for a scanner, look at their "filmscanner tests" section. They point out the features, strengths and weaknesses of each scanner. There is a lot of good information available on this website and between it and scantips.com, nearly any question about the process and buying and using a scanner can be answered.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/08/2014 09:18AM by jgunning.