Re: Cost of scanning 35mm and 120mm
Before I went digital I got a HP S20 negative scanner. It cost about $400 at the time but did a good job on 35mm negatives. I then started scanning in my own color negatives and even got back into black and white and developed my own film again. The S20 only does up to 35mm negatives though and all of my early work was done with a RB67 on 120 film. I've been thinking of getting one of the Epson flat bed scanners that have a negative scanner attachment where you can do strips of 35mm, 120mm or even up to 5x7 large format negatives for about the same $400. The scans are pretty good, although it does take a while to do a large number of negatives. Which is why I've not gotten one as the daunting task of scanning in all my 120 negatives holds me back.
But check out the Epson flat bed scanners for those with the negative scanning options. You might find that it isn't as expensive as you think to scan in your negatives.
Mike
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