Can anyone recommend a GOOD film/photo scanner??? ANYONE???

I need to purchase a good film/photo scanner to scan tons of old 35mm negatives and want to be able to scan prints also. Need compatible with Tiger 10.4.7. Have zillions of old negatives to scan so that is the main purpose. What is the best quality, easiest and most reliable film/photo scanner you recommend? I've been looking at the cannon Canoscan 9950F...anyone have any experience with this scanner? Have heard HP software is bad...Can anyone offer any advise as to what type of equipment you would recommend for my needs? I appreciate all your help!!!!! Gary

Hello, Edward,
I have an Epson Perfection 2480 and it has been great for scanning my old photos....haven't done slides yet.
However, I was interested in how many photos you have scanned in the past 3 years because I have probably scanned in over 5000 photos. I think the scanner may have reached its limitation. I have begun to notice some fine lines down some of my scanned photos.
I had this happen with my previous HP scanner. The HP had one of those flat wide ribbons that moved under the glass and after about 8000 photos scans, the ribbon track seemed to be burned into the glass and would show up faintly on each scan.
So, I opted for the Epson. When I told someone at the store that I had scanned over 8000 photos on the HP, he said he'd never heard of anyone scanning that many photos! I cannot find any information regarding what might be the limit for scanning.
So, just asking your opinion.....!

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This is discouraging! I ended up trying Canon because my Macbook Pro suddenly stopped recognizing my previous HP scanner -- a MF inkjet printer.
I have been looking at HP multi-function lasers in lieu of this faulty Canon I just returned.
I intend to be doing very simple things with whatever MF unti I end upw ith -- no printing or scanning over the network. I'm happy to connect it directly to my computer via USB. So I'm not sure I'd experience the problems you are having.
Maybe I should go w/ one of these Brother units? Is there anyone on this board that can attest to these machines working with MacBook Pros?
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Does anyone know of a good A3 photo scanner compatable with OS 10.8 mountain lion? I need it to scan watercolour artwork. I was interested in Microtek scanmaker 9800XL and also Epson Expression 10000 but neither are compatible. Thanks :-)

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Daniel Craigie-
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Hi
I find the following diagram really good for explaining counters:
Count Register
The count register stores the current count of the counter. The count register can be queried with software.
Source
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Gate
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Out
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The source and gate can be used in different configurations for multiple applications. I need to have a look at your code but from my initial glance it looks like it's setting up a retriggerable pulse train.
I'll find some more resources and post back with an explanation of how that type of counter application works.
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Can someone recommend some good Impulse Responses!

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