Fastest Film Scanner?

[arigram]

It seems for my business I will need a dedicated film scanner.
I have been using an Epson Perfection 4990 Photo which does the job well but it is too slow (15 mins each 6x6cm color frame at 2400dpi and ICE dust removal).
Is there a Medium Format film Scanner that will do the job quicker?

[Helen B]

Ari,

I have questions:

What is your budget?
What do you need the scans for (ie what sort of quality)?
Shouldn't this be in the Gray Area?

Best,
Helen

[David H. Bebbington]

Two basic questions:
Is your computer fast enough to handle a continuous stream of data from the scanner? If not, scans will take a long time!
Do you need to run ICE as standard (for every scan)? This slows things down a lot too! How long does your set-up take for a scan without ICE?

Regards,

David

PS: How is the scanner connected to the computer? USB2 and FireWire are a lot faster than SCSI!

[eclarke]

Nikon 9000...superb scanner...EC

[arigram]

I have a dual core AMD Athlon X2 4400+, 2GBs of low latency memory and all that. So, my computer can handle it (I also have both USB 2.0 and Firewire ports).
My priority is not the highest resolution or DMax, its the speed.
As for ICE I need it to combat dust, otherwise I would need to check and retouch if not all but most of the negatives and yes I use an anti-static brush and strong blower.

As for the grey forum, sorry Helen, I couldn't find it at the time, I don't know how I must have missed it. If a moderator decides to move it, go ahead.

[Greg_E]

My priority is not the highest resolution or DMax, its the speed.

Use a lower resolution which will give you faster scans.

[arigram]

Use a lower resolution which will give you faster scans.

Lowering the resolution from 4800dpi to 2400dpi did not lower the time of scanning at all. Lowering it even more would not be desirable. I am sorry, but do you think that if the solution would be so simple, I wouldn't have thought of it?

[blansky]

I have a Nikon 9000 but ICE doesn't work for B&W. My 6x6 scans at 4000dpi take about 1-2 minutes I think at 16 bit.

Price is around $2000 US

Michael

[arigram]

I have a Nikon 9000 but ICE doesn't work for B&W. My 6x6 scans at 4000dpi take about 30sec to a minute at 16 bit.

Michael

How about color? That is my main concern as it takes much longer than BW and won't really need to scan BW.

[blansky]

I've only scanned one color neg and it was somewhere around 2-5 I think. I didn't time it but it was no where near 15.

Michael