A modern 35mm film scanner for home

I'm glad this exists but at ~1k EUR I would be interested if it could scan 120 medium format negatives...but the fact that it does not is an absolute deal breaker for me. It seems like they are considering it. I hope they do figure that out sooner than later.

Medium is the problem. There’s nothing.

Epson stopped making their flatbeds that do film, reportedly because they can’t get the CCDs anymore. That may be a rumor.

The result is they go for 2x MSRP on eBay for models that are many years old. Because that’s all that exists.

Without that, you can buy the kind of scanner meant for a photo lab ($$$$$), DIY it with a DSLR ($$$ if you don’t have one), or pay your a lab a lot per roll and hope they do a good job.

I’m not saying it’s a giant market but it certainly seems to me like there’s enough of one that it could support a small product.

You can get brand new Plustek OpticFilm scanners for 35mm and smaller starting around $300, and there are plenty of other options above that. Plus the DIY.

I’m sure 35mm is easier to make and certainly a bigger market but it’s also a lot more crowded.

I expect their specs are far better than the $300 one I’ve mentioned, I don’t know enough to know. But medium format people are desperate for anything.

I tried some scanning on a Plustek 8300, which is supposed to be the fastest. The process is still extremely manual/slow and I don't think it's practical on a large scale. Many families who owned cameras in the 60s-70s-80s-90s will have potentially thousands of negatives to scan, but I don't see a solution that will automate that digitalization process.

Software could also use some improvement. Automating batch correction and clean up should be easier, IMO.