I have a question about photo slide positives and negatives. When film prints to a paper, or print, is that the positive?. Then the sleeve of film is referred to as the Negatives? The negatives have me putting on my reading glasses just to see which picture they are so I think scanning them would be a bit tricky for me. So, I want to transfer all my 35mm Photo Prints to computer images files. What Scanner should I consider using? Are these scanners expensive? Any help is very appreciated. Thanks in advance.
The most economical scanner for scanning slides would be a flat bed scanner. I have an hp flat bed with a film attachment that I bought years ago for right at about $100 it still works great.
If I were you I would just look at the flat bed scanners out there from Canon, HP, and others that scan film. Their prices vary depending on the features you are looking for. I would think you could get by with a very good one for less than $200 easy. Just make sure that they will scan film since you need to back light the slide or negative.
I hope this helps
Mark