Do these negative to digital converters work? Im skeptical. Sounds too good to be true. Any advice?

http://www.hammacher.com/publish/74083.a鈥?/a>Do these negative to digital converters work? Im skeptical. Sounds too good to be true. Any advice?
This is just a low-end film/slide scanner. You usually get what you pay for.





I have a Nikon film/slide scanner which scans at 4000 ppi, and am very happy with it.Do these negative to digital converters work? Im skeptical. Sounds too good to be true. Any advice?
It's not going to be as good as a proper film scanner. If you're not that serious about quality, go for it; but if you are, you'd be better off looking at something like a Minolta Dimage film scanner.





[edit:] I've used an Epson flatbed, and it's not as good as a dedicated film scanner. Despite the fact that it claims 4800 d.p.i., it resolves a little less than half of that in practice. The optics just aren't that great. My Konica Minolta Dimage film scanner, at 3200 dpi, was much better. Color is a profiling issue; if you're getting lousy color, it's because you've got some adjusting to do, not because the scanner is bad.
They are just film scanners. They been around for a long time. The level of quality is largely dependent on the quality of software. While I haven't use that model, I owned Minolta. Usually you want to stick to company that has much experience in the field and Minolta does. But surprisingly it was not good.





But my friend had Epson 4800 flatbed scanner (with film scanner adapter). Epson flatbed did a much better job than Minolta dedicated film scanner (especially in color). So ever since I recommend getting Epson flatbed scanner (for better quality and flexibility).