Film Scanning...

I'll flood this forum with another film thread...

A few rookie questions about film scanning: 1) Does film scanning imply that I can shoot a roll of film, then directly scan it; that is, I don't have to bust out any chemicals or darkroom steps? 2) If so, what is a recommended scanner for less than $250-300? Thanks for the help.

(I am planning on learning an actual darkroom, but in the meantime, and more conveniently, a scanner is looking good right now..)

No, after you shoot, then you have to send it in for commercial processing, or process it in chemicals yourself. After it tries, then you can scan the film to produce digital images for review or printing.

There isnt a shortcut with film - you have to develop it before it becomes useful. So you either have the choice of do it yourself (cost of darkroom equipment/chemicals/et​c) or paying someone else.

I bought a scanner for £80 - Epson V200 perfection which does a good job but the best scanners are drum scanners which cost considerably more.

Ok, thanks guys.

Epson 4490 is an extremely cheap scanner (around $120, or $100 refurbed from the Epson site). Resolution is great, as well as quality. And if your crazy enough, or need it, you can scan at the highest dpi setting and get a single image over 1.33GB!

Doesn't compare to a true film scanner though.

Certainly not resolution wise.

Does film hold that much for info than RAW that a film scanned file warrants for a gig?

No, but interpolated pixels are still pixels