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Q: 35mm Negative Scanner to TIFF for OS X 10.11.6?

Are there any scanners for 35mm film negatives that will output TIFF files and are compatible with a MacBook Pro 13" Retina (early 2015) and OS X 10.11.6?  Prefer direct connect, but will go stick/card if I must.  Thanks.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Aug 25, 2016 8:08 AM

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Q: 35mm Negative Scanner to TIFF for OS X 10.11.6?

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  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Aug 25, 2016 9:59 AM in response to RTF92.5
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    Aug 25, 2016 9:59 AM in response to RTF92.5

    I strongly recommend you get a flat bed scanner that can handle negatives and slides as well as photos and documents.  Why?  Because when you finish with your negative scanning you're not left with an expensive negative/slide scanner as a doorstop.  That's what I did a number of years ago before the flat bed scanners added that capability.

     

    I have an older Cancan 8600F scanner that can handle negatives and automatically separate each image on the negative and save as a separate image file.  i believe the current version of that scanner is the 9000F Mark II.

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  • by RTF92.5,

    RTF92.5 RTF92.5 Aug 25, 2016 3:06 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Aug 25, 2016 3:06 PM in response to Old Toad

    Thank you for the reply Old Toad, but I looked at the CanoScans again.  The 8600f (older model) does say OS X, but then discusses operating at USB 1.1 with lower 10.x OSs, the 9000f states to OS 10.7, and with the way everything else fails on this MacBook and El Capitan... including this MacBook... I'm not buying any more peripherals 'on spec'.

  • by bealby,

    bealby bealby Sep 6, 2016 7:27 AM in response to RTF92.5
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    Sep 6, 2016 7:27 AM in response to RTF92.5

    I just bought an Epson Perfection V600 ($200) for exactly what you describe.

    It scans b/w and color negatives, along with slides, photos, documents, etc. up to 6400 by 9600 dpi hardware.

    Direct USB 2.0 connection to my iMac running 10.11.6, it is flawless.

    i dont think it does TIFF (I might be wrong), I usually use JPG for photos and PDF for documents

    Cant recommend it more highly