Scanner for B&W negatives

[sleipnir]

So, I've got a high schoold reunion coming up (don't ask how many years). In high school I was the annual/newspaper photographer. I have around 7000, 35 mm B&W negatives that I would like to scan. The purpose being to sell copies of the pictures on a web site before & after the reunion (Huzzah Capitalism!). I've got the web stuff covered, but I need an idea of a scanner that can do a really good job with a fairly high, in my estimation, throughput -- I've got until October to do this. I will want to scan at a relatively high resolution so that people can make decent prints from the scans.

Any hardware suggestions that will not totally destroy my savings? Drum scanners are out, I think as too expensive. So I'm thinking a flat bed.

[pivoproseem]

I've got an older Epson flatbed scanner at work, it does a pretty good job on negs and transparencies. I would imagine you could find a dedicated film scanner on ebay, used, for a reasonable sum.

So, I've got a high schoold reunion coming up (don't ask how many years). In high school I was the annual/newspaper photographer. I have around 7000, 35 mm B&W negatives that I would like to scan. The purpose being to sell copies of the pictures on a web site before & after the reunion (Huzzah Capitalism!). I've got the web stuff covered, but I need an idea of a scanner that can do a really good job with a fairly high, in my estimation, throughput -- I've got until October to do this. I will want to scan at a relatively high resolution so that people can make decent prints from the scans.

Any hardware suggestions that will not totally destroy my savings? Drum scanners are out, I think as too expensive. So I'm thinking a flat bed.

[Al Capizzo]

+1 for the ebay suggestion. I bought a film scanner years ago on ebay and I've been happy with it. They are probably some deals out there now, since fill is all but dead.

[ampleworks]

There's several at B&H under $100 that could get you in business!

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ns=p_PRICE_2|0&ci=1151&N=4289358257