Converting 35mm to digital advice needed

[Cuey]

I shoot in Digital now with a Sony A350 but i have a couple of hundred old negatives i would like digitised. I had them done at a high street printer about 6 years ago but the quality was awful. They are fairly detailed pictures including a lot of colourful architecture from travels in South America and Central Asia (Khiva, Samerkand etc) shot with a Minolta SLR so the quality is good.

 

What is the best option for getting them digitised so they are usable? I looked at Peak imaging but from what i could work out it would cost a fortune (i may be reading this wrong).

 

The other option is that i can get a HP G4010 photo scanner from work at a very good price of £85. Is this an option or will i be horribly disappointed with the results? Once i'd done the scanning i could then stick it on E bay.

 

Any advice from people who have done this would be good. The plan is to do a photo book for each of my Jaunts but obviously the photos need to be pretty good quality once converted.

[andy_LT]

some links to look at:

 

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/buy/Film-Scanners/N/4277366338

 

http://www.imaging-resource.com/SCAN1.HTM

 

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/ion-pics-2-sd-photo-slide-and-negative-scanner-04952390-pdt.html?srcid=867&cmpid=comp~Google~Computing~04952390&istCompanyId=9a35962d-802d-4e67-9721-0a3328ca1f02&istItemId=mrpwmqq&istBid=t

 

http://www.data-mind.co.uk/acatalog/Plustek-opticfilm-35mm-film-scanner.html

 

http://www.firstcall-photographic.co.uk/products/3511/canon-canoscan-9000f-print-film-scanner

[andy_LT]

remember you can always sell it here/fleebay

 

bottom link looks good value/quality ratio

[andy_LT]

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