Once upon a time… – in April – I’ve bought a scanner and since the prices in Switzerland are a lil expensive, I’ve ordered it from a German website. Even with a more expensive postage, it was still cheaper than buying it in Switzerland…
Unless, well unless you forget the Swiss custom. After a few weeks – I was wondering why the scanner was still on its way – I was kindly reminded by the Swiss custom to pay taxes, tariffs and fees for my package :-o. Altogether, the VAT, the tariff, the storage charge, the inspection fee, and the friendly postcard they sent, did make the scanner a tiny little bit more expensive – it was still cheaper than buying in Switzerland though.
Anyway, now I own a nice Canoscan 8400F (Review). So, what are you doing with scanners?! You scan things… So I scanned a few of my films. Fortunately, the scanner is able to process negatives with 3200 dpi (in case someone is interested…), what gives you a smooth and pretty big picture.
The scanner has a film guides, which can hold up to twelve negatives (or four slides or three pictures of roll film) and crops the pictures during the batch scan process automatically. Very easy and convenient to scan the 108 negatives I had at in Zurich, but I will take all my films with me next time and scan them during the next few weeks.
