Best scanner for scanning film negatives?

[AlaskaMoose]

hey all,

i have about 50 pages of negatives. each page containing approx. 7 strips of 35mm negatives and 5 individual frames each strip. so, a bit.

i figured that i am just going to scan as much as i can with the current scanner that i have using 1200dpi resolution, which is high enough and fast enough and then when i can get a better scanner, rescan the selects in a much higher resolution.

See if you scanner can do 2,400 dpi, and go for it. It takes a little time, but you won't have to rescan for a long time. Also, VueScan allows you to scan and save as PhotoShop "DNG" format, which in turn can be processed with Camera Raw, and then tuned with CS5.