[qingcharles]

At a sane price? The Epsons.

https://epson.com/For-Work/Scanners/Photo-and-Graphics/Epson...

It has a white panel on the inside of the lid which ruins a lot of scans. I always put black card on top of my scans.

That's probably the best scanner for photos. And I used to own a $25K Hasselblad too.

Make sure you clean the platten and the photos before scanning to save hassle later on dust removal.

I used those Epsons for scanning tens of thousands of old photos.

Start with a good scan, and there is so much good post-processing software out there now to help correct fading etc on old images.

[speakspokespok]

Black card is a thin cardboard , aka card stock? Can you link to something that explains the process? It’s pertinent because I’ve got a V600.

[qingcharles]

Yep! Just card stock. For some reason having a white backing behind the image causes worse scans when the bright light can penetrate the image you're scanning and gets reflected internally off that white sheet. I always just put a thin piece of black cardstock on top of everything I scanned.

[YooLi]

Any pointers on the post-processing software? Anything to correct red-tinted slide scans?

[qingcharles]

Honestly, the best thing out there for color correction right now (to me) is Adobe's Camera Raw feature.

https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/10/14/the-adobe-adapt...

The AI denoise is fantastic, too:

https://gregbenzphotography.com/lightroom-acr/acr-17-ai-adob...