i wasn't sure if I should start a new thread or not, so I decided to resurrect this old one, but has anyone tried scanning APS negatives in a scanner? I was wondering the quality of it and also if scanners that say they do 35mm film if it would work for APS.

You need an APS adapter for your scanner and the tool that lets you pull the film strip out of the can.

has anyone seen an APS adapter for regular consumer scanners? i have looked, but only could find the APS adapters for commercial style scanners.

Yes, I've used one for scanning in my APS films. There are plenty of consumer scanners that have APS adaptors. Sadly my adaptor died when one of my films got stuck in it - I think the motor burnt out.

I used a Nikon IA-20 APS adaptor in a Nikon 5000ED scanner

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nikon-IA-20-1X240-Adapter-Silver/dp/B0000AT3W3

I see the reviewer of the product had the same issues as me

Both the scanners and the adaptors hold their value really well - you could buy one on ebay, scan all your stuff in, and sell it for pretty much what you paid for it

One of the original features of APS film was that when you developed it, it would save the time and date when you took the picture to the film. Then when you printed out the pictures, it would print that info on the back. With these APS scanners, will it be able to read that info?

Wikipedia says that that sort of information was recorded on a magnetic strip and not optically, so, no; that information would not be available to a scanner.

I know, but I was figuring that the scanners out there that are made specifically for APS would have a magnetic reader built in for that purpose.

Sorry. I thought you were still talking about adapters.

It says that those cameras record only the aspect ratio in that way, and I'm sure he's interested in more information than that.