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Kogan Premium 14MP Photo Film Scanner $179.99 Delivered (Was $199.99) @ Kogan

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Kogan Premium 14MP Photo Film Scanner $179.99 Delivered (Was $199.99) @ Kogan
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Sammyboy on 20/10/2020 - 09:32 kogan.com (346 clicks)
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Been watching this for ages. Normally I dislike Kogan branded products due to quality issues and warranty. However this seems to be the only one of this design for a film and photo scanner. I've looked at generic ones which are branded under all different names and all seem to have jamming issues with photos. The Epson scanner is way too expensive.
This discounted 2 weeks ago (Might have even been the first time?), but shipping was expensive. Today it qualifies for the free shipping with the coupon. Reviews seem pretty good too.

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  • Dotherightthing on 20/10/2020 - 09:39
    +5

    noob question, aren't there many photo/film scanner out there? what makes this design so special?

    • Sammyboy on 20/10/2020 - 10:44

      The photo feeder in the other cheap scanners are terrible and always jam

  • superuser on 20/10/2020 - 10:05

    How many types of film could it scan? only 35mm?

  • macrocephalic on 20/10/2020 - 10:09
    +4

    If you're doing lots of scanning then you'll want something where you can bulk load film or slides. I have an Epson v800 and loading the tray and selecting the frames in silverfast is slow. It does do good scans though.

    If you're only doing a few scans then these little scanners all seem about the same - they're just a cheap camera sensor in a box with a fixed focus lens and some LEDs to light it up.

    I'm finding the best solution to bulk scanning is to use a slide duplicator lens which fits onto my DSLR.

    • [Deactivated] on 20/10/2020 - 10:11
      +1

      I second that, get an epson perfection… I have an old V700 and it does great. If you don’t need large or medium format then there are cheaper models like the V30 or similar mid range scanners I think

    • Koffee on 20/10/2020 - 10:30
      +1

      A high quality flatbed is a better solution than these cheap options.

      I got my Canon 5600F Second hand on eBay for $30 (pickup). It's not the top of the range re photo scanning but would still beat the above.

      IF you're in 25km of this guy in Melbourne and can check with him that it includes the film strip attachment, this is a great alternative
      https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Canon-CanoScan-8800F-Desktop-Sca…

      • Sammyboy on 20/10/2020 - 10:43

        I was looking at flatbeds but they dont do negatives. I have a brother multi that could do that

        • Koffee on 20/10/2020 - 10:53

          https://au.pcmag.com/scanners/18604/canon-canoscan-8800f

          By film strip, I mean negatives. (that's my Gen Y talking)

          See the photos here of what should be included with the scanner - you'll see plastic encasements that you can load strips of negatives into for scanning.

          You then lift out the top of the flatbed and it shines light through the negative while scanning.

    • Sammyboy on 20/10/2020 - 10:45

      Not a whole heap of negatives or photos. If I had thousands I would get the Epson. But don't want to spend $700+

      • UltimateAI on 20/10/2020 - 10:55
        +1

        Flatbed "Photo"'s are designed for Negatives.
        Epson v600, v700 and v800 are examples. I have the more budget v600 purchased many years ago, and still seems to sell second hand for more than I paid.
        You recover most of your money, by selling it when you are done.
        They are actually quite difficult to buy second hand at decent prices.
        If you import one from the US you can get a great deal.

      • UltimateAI on 20/10/2020 - 11:24
        +2

        Epson v600 Photo is $468 (delivered from the UK with Prime - can use the free trial if you have not already done so).
        https://www.amazon.com.au/235D328-B11B198031/dp/B002TAA3MY/r…

        Shouldn't be too difficult to get most your money back if you sell it, they seem quite difficult to find second hand.

        Still will be a painful experience…:)

        • Sammyboy on 20/10/2020 - 12:30

          Lets hope this kogan wont be a painful experience…I know, more chance of unicorns appearing lol Lets see, I'll be the test guinea pig for ozbargain haha. Otherwise there should be some sales on the Epson on Black Friday hopefully.

    • Lead Wings on 20/10/2020 - 10:59

      Being of a certain generation, I had about 5000 old slides to scan. Wound up getting an auto feed slide projector that took 50 slide trays and got about 20 trays from gumtree. I pulled out the lens, put a lower wattage bulb in and put a translucent screen behind the slide.

      Then got my 16 MP Nikon and bought a 105mm Nikon macro lens and built a table to mount the projector and camera so the camera looked into the slide scanner directly at the slide. Then tethered the camera to a laptop and used remote capture software.

      Used the camera's white balance function to set the correct colour temperature for the bulb.

      Once set up I could sit there with the projector remote in one hand and the mouse in the other. Mouse click took a photo of the slide and it poped straight up on the screen to check, then click the projector remote to feed the next slide in. I could do around 1000 slides in 2 hours.

      Wound up doing slides for mum and dad and mates too - would give them the empty trays, and they would bring them around and we would rip through their slides in a night.

      Quality was pretty good (not as good as a dedicated high res slide scanner, but pretty decent as it was a good 16 MP camera and a good proper macro lens). I had tried with diopler etc lenses, but none were any good.

      Mate also borrowed it to try negative scanning, but feeding it wound up being the issue - too slow. So guess you are better with one of the old slide scannes with a negative tray.

  • [Deactivated] on 20/10/2020 - 10:12
    +3

    Just steer clear as someone who scans lots of film, a used epson would be better.

  • placard on 20/10/2020 - 10:13
    +4

    I've tried a Kogan one in the past - absolute junk.

    Photos looked washed out, colours off, tried a few slides - blurry and too dark.

    waste of time.

    • Sammyboy on 20/10/2020 - 12:31

      Was it this one or the cheaper 5MP one?

      • placard on 20/10/2020 - 13:14

        It was the one in the comment below, you're right. But I wouldn't hold much hope out for this one either.

  • avivadz on 20/10/2020 - 10:22

    There's another cheaper Kogan version here with lower resolution (5mp) for $99: Link

    Looks to have similar function otherwise.

    • Sammyboy on 20/10/2020 - 10:43

      Only a 5MP scanner. Reviews are terrible for it too

  • Rod M on 20/10/2020 - 10:25
    +2

    cheap unbranded scanners are rubbish, get an Epson or Cannon,

  • UltimateAI on 20/10/2020 - 10:48
    +2

    Sorry to tell you this, over the years I have tried many decently prices film scanners and concluded they are all rubbish. A bit like cameras, don't chase megapixels, more megapixels usually adds more noise. It's the sensor quality and the processing that gives you results.

    I ultimately went for a Epson Flatbed (purchased from the US) and shipped to Australia (using a Aust Post drop box service). Not the cheapest postage option, but still saved a lot, as yes here they charge a lot. I have the old Epson v600 Photo regularly found around USD $200-220, but hard to find here for < $500. I think mine is quite a few years old.
    Borrow one or second hand perhaps. They would have better ones now.

    Anyway, you get what you pay for, the Epson v600 was the cheapest that I could afford with the inbuilt ICE processing. It also scans like two rows of negatives in one go, automatically cutting them into individual pictures. Plus takes a variety of different sizes and is also good for Photo's.

    Really high-end you need a drum scanner.

    Scanning negatives is slow painful, so best to spend the money to save your time and at least get good results.

    • Sammyboy on 20/10/2020 - 12:32
      +1

      Its really looking that way with the reviews I was reading on the net. Decided to cancel the order and wait for Black Friday sales on an Epson. The comments here esp yours was the final decider. Thanks lol

  • tophorus on 20/10/2020 - 20:42
    +1

    If anyone's after a film scanner and is looking for quality rather than speed (i.e. not so many to scan), DigiDirect has the Plustek OpticFilm 8100 scanner for $367 (20% off):
    https://www.digidirect.com.au/plustek-opticfilm-8100-film-an…

    It'll be slow, though - single frame to load at a time and a couple of mins for full res 7200dpi scan. But if you want to extract maximum detail out of a select number of negatives I reckon this would be light years ahead of the Kogan one.

    Downside of 8100 vs the 8200i AI is that the cheaper one lacks the infrared sensor and so the auto dust and scratch removal is software based rather than infrared, but the 8200i is $700. Eek.

  • Duff5000 on 20/10/2020 - 20:49
    +1

    "The Epson scanner is way too expensive."

    There is a reason it is expensive. Buy one 2nd hand and resell it when finished. You will get much better results.

    An alternative is setting up your own if you have a decent digital camera. There are heaps of guides out there eg https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-and-so…

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