hoppinghippo said:personally I think you should calculate the cost first b4 buying, how many rolls do you shoot a year, if you scan them at the lab, how much would you spend, will buying a scanner for whatever price be justified? cuz if you are a casual shooter, getting a 1K over scanner is very hard to justify. so this helps you decide your scanner budget.
i thought of this question too, but am kind of caught in a dilemma.
buying a film scanner can easily get me a new lens or allow me to shoot 20 rolls of film (presuming that film + process + print cost around $20).
but
the thought of money for every roll shoot is enough to make me stay at home on a sunday. in turn i shoot lesser and lesser. i am thinking if i have a scanner, the most i spend is the film + processing, easily less than $10 and still get the benefit of archiving them, plus the ability to scan them in with any resolution i wish. then i would be encourgaing myself to expose more film.
maybe this is kind of stupid, but its really my dilemma.