Scanning negs

[humminboid]

I guess this might be the correct place for this? Halp!

I have a potful of old black and white 35mm negs, which cover my photo endeavours from the early '60s to the present, and four 4X5s negs from that era.
I'd like to scan them to CD, but few photo business employees even remember what a 4X5 camera was. " Uhmmmm...4X5...is that the same as 127...?" I got from one very pleasant young lady.

Can anyone recommend a good service that won't cost a body part? Are there any caveats in scanning silver halide negs., or the chromogenic ones, like Ilford XP-2, with the strange color in the film base?
I have found that Costco does it, but the pricing is somewhat strange. Can good 8X12 enlargements be made from the Costco scans?

Thanks.

[venchka]

If you can find someone with an Epson 4990/V700/V750M you're good to go. I scan 4x5 & 120 on a friend's Epson 4990. The scans look very good to me. He scans 35mm and has printed full frame up to 10" long x whatever. The C-41 process B&W negs scan very well. Depending on your volume, you could buy one of those scanners for your negs. and sell it to me when you're done. I need a scanner and I was all set to go looking for a good used one. Then I hit a deer Friday night after work. The deductable ate my scanner fund.

Good luck.

[venchka]

ps: If you only have 4 4x5 negs. you could mail them off or take them to S.L.C. perhaps. Epson makes a 35mm-120 film scanner that is cheap. It does take time. That's the trade off.

I know there are some large format folks in S.L.C. They can probably help.