Is it worth it to develop and scan your own film?

[wedding photographer]

Which is the best scanner to scan medium format film? Do you do it?

[Axle]

For personal uses I do scan my own film as the lab I get to develop it charges $1.00 per frame of medium format.

If I do a pro job say for a wedding I would get a lab to do a high quality drum/Imacon scan. The lab I use for pro work is Silvano's in Toronto, ON.

[Greg McCary]

I think the Epson V500 or higher works well for MF. I do have issues with 35mm and prefer lab scans.

[wedding photographer]

I think the Epson V500 or higher works well for MF. I do have issues with 35mm and prefer lab scans.

Why is it harder to scan 35mm...? I am just a beginner in developing film....

[Greg McCary]

The images don't come out as sharp, but I have since started to see better results. I have learned to dry my negs without curls and it has helped with the sharpness. MF negs just come out sharper. They are bigger and flatter.

[wedding photographer]

I see....!

[GB1]

I have the Nikon CoolScan 9000 that will scan 120 film. I like the scanner a lot. Quality scanning takes more time than you'd guess though; if you're a super busy person, may be better to farm it out.

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[la wedding photographer]

Hi there i want to ask you guys...is NIKON D40 a nice brand of a camera? Hope you will help me.

[Cherish]

Surely that is very helpful In all extent to develop and scan your film.

[phaisal]

It's worth it you can control all the variable yourself and IMO nikon has one of the best film scanner with a decent software

[butlerps]

In my opinion yes, it gives you the control that you need to develop the film and allows you to push/pull the film where needed.

I use a CanonScan 8800f to scan my 120 film, the results are very good for proofing and for small prints. I'd still use an enlarger for bigger prints/limited edition runs.