Recommendation for cleaning slides
Apr 29, 2015 11:43:39 #
Anyone have a good link to info on the best way to clean old slides? Also, I'm looking for a recommendation for a scanning service for slides. I only have a handful that need cleaning but several carousel's of slides that need scanning. I don't believe my office scanner would be the best technology since there are dedicated slide scanners out there. Not sure it's worth buying one, however, to scan a couple of hundred images. Thanks.
Apr 29, 2015 12:05:19 #
Apr 29, 2015 12:12:06 #
Apr 29, 2015 12:15:36 #
Just don't use any fluids on the slide, the cleaners are for the scanner glass only.
Apr 29, 2015 12:19:04 #
Bill Houghton wrote:
Just don't use any fluids on the slide, the cleaners are for the scanner glass only.
Saw that, thanks. I think these will be OK looking at them again. Now just need a recommendation on a scanning service. I assume they are all pretty much the same but that could be a dangerous assumption.
Apr 29, 2015 12:41:25 #
Photo Emulsion Cleaner. But only use it on the base side. The emulsion itself is nearly impossible to clean and is easily damaged.
Apr 29, 2015 13:39:59 #
Darkroom317 wrote:
Photo Emulsion Cleaner. But only use it on the base side. The emulsion itself is nearly impossible to clean and is easily damaged.
Thanks...
Apr 29, 2015 20:14:05 #
Darkroom317 wrote:
Photo Emulsion Cleaner. But only use it on the base side. The emulsion itself is nearly impossible to clean and is easily damaged.
I fought this problem as I have scanned 5,000+ slides. My decision was not to clean them and risk ruining them as some were from the 1940s. I ended up taking care of blemishes, fuzz, etc. in post processing.
Apr 29, 2015 22:00:55 #
Apr 29, 2015 22:13:57 #
dweaver wrote:
Now just need a recommendation on a scanning service. I assume they are all pretty much the same but that could be a dangerous assumption.
I haven't sent any slides out for scanning, although I will be doing that within the next few years. My experience is with getting slide film developed and requesting that a CD with the digitized images be produced at the same time. I figured that it would save time since I wouldn't need to do it, and should also give the best results since (theoretically) there wouldn't be any dust, scratches, and other similar issues to worry about since the film had just been processed.
Bad assumption on my part.
I got results that varied from very bad to acceptable. You should probably send out a small test batch of slides to the service that you select to make sure they perform up to your expectations before sending out hundreds or thousands of slides that all come back with disappointing results.
Apr 29, 2015 22:33:07 #
Apr 30, 2015 05:46:13 #
dweaver wrote:
Saw that, thanks. I think these will be OK looking at them again. Now just need a recommendation on a scanning service. I assume they are all pretty much the same but that could be a dangerous assumption.
Can't help you on a service but let the scanning service clean them. Which I would imagine they would do prior to scanning...
Apr 30, 2015 05:49:03 #
Darkroom317 wrote:
Photo Emulsion Cleaner. But only use it on the base side. The emulsion itself is nearly impossible to clean and is easily damaged.
How I can know which is the base side?
Apr 30, 2015 06:02:00 #
jlrivera wrote:
How I can know which is the base side?
Dull side is the emulsion side (back)
Apr 30, 2015 06:58:52 #
dweaver wrote:
Anyone have a good link to info on the best way to clean old slides? Also, I'm looking for a recommendation for a scanning service for slides. I only have a handful that need cleaning but several carousel's of slides that need scanning. I don't believe my office scanner would be the best technology since there are dedicated slide scanners out there. Not sure it's worth buying one, however, to scan a couple of hundred images. Thanks.
I've had thousands done by ScanCafe, and they clean them beautifully. They look like they were shot yesterday.
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