I used to have a second hand Minolta Scan Dual IV, which is a dedicated 35mm scanner.
I've since started shooting 35mm & medium format, and I sold the Minolta and bought an Epson V700, which is a flatbed. I also used an Epson 4490 while I was in NY for a while last year, really good value for money.
Thanks, sorry for the late response. I have a friend (Wiktor Wołkow) in Poland that has an archive of about 150,000 images, no backups.
It's his life work, most of it is 35 mm, some on 60x60, he's been a professional photographer his whole life long and the thought of a fire there scares me.
So I have been thinking off and on about how to tackle that job, it would take quite a bit of time and money to do it properly.
There was a company a couple of years ago that did outsourced bulk film scanning. You basically sent them your film en masse, they sent it to India and had it scanned there, and then sent you back the film and the scans.
Couldn't find them with a quick google though, they may not have survived the GFC.
I've since started shooting 35mm & medium format, and I sold the Minolta and bought an Epson V700, which is a flatbed. I also used an Epson 4490 while I was in NY for a while last year, really good value for money.
I haven't updated my flickr site for a while, but you can see some here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/angusgr/tags/film/ And to see the best the Epson can do, see here: http://flickriver.com/groups/466058@N21/pool/interesting/ (This last link exploits the rule that good photos are made with any combination of technology. ;).)