sterrill Loc: missouri

I have a Canon scanner that scanned both my old slides and my old negatives. There were some spots and scratches but photos hop fixed most of those. It has devices to hold the slides and negatives. It will also be useful to scan in old photographs from many years ago. I think it was reasonably priced. It sounds like you have a lot of slides. I found it fun to go back and look at the old pictures I took in my youth. Many were not as good as I remember and a few were better. Digital sure is easier than film was.

dreff Loc: Bow, WA

Nikon Coolscan 5000. True, Nikon doesn't make scanners any longer but they offer software patches for these machines. Each old slide is unique and needs TLC color balancing. Digital ICE technology eliminates scratches and dust. I process these for a song if you're interested. 35mm only

balticvid Loc: Queens now NJ

What do you folks think of this as far as slide reproduction quality goes. I have 15 thousand slides in Leica slide cases.
If I did each slide by hand......Ugh.

Braun MULTIMAG Slide Scanner 6000, 5000x5000dpi Optical Resolution, 50 seconds Color 1800 dpi Scan Speed, USB 2.0
on Amazon. Expensive.

chfrus

Ne How ( hello in Mandarin) yes I agree simple cheap and fast. Great idea you must be like me a post pro professional film photographer from the past.

bw79st Loc: New York City

I also have used Vuescan for quite a while now. It's a very good program which will also allow you to save your scans as DNG files if you wish. The real value is, no matter what scanner you use, Vuescan will operate it. In my case I have an Epson V700 and an older Canoscan FX4000 slide/film scanner. I don't need to use the supplied software and it probably wouldn't work on my OS anyway.

Someone suggested using a can of air spray. DO NOT DO THIS! They spray more than air from that nozzle. You should clean your slides with a static free brush and then liquid PEC-12 on a PEC*PAD. The brush and PEC-12 supplies are fairly cheap and you can get them from B&H or Amazon. I also use PEC-12 to clean the surface of old glossy prints. It will remove smoke film, dirt and fingerprints.

I also find that after I have scanned my slides, in a few years I know even more about how to do it or there have been improvements in my equipment that demand the job be repeated! The upside of that is I get to know more about how to use my scanners and my software. I use a scanner everyday at home to scan every document that comes in. All medical bills or EOBs, copies of blood work, etc. Anything that can be used for taxes is scanned. Or you can go overboard and scan all sales receipts. My Epson V700 is the most important addition to my computer.

Brian

carl hervol Loc: jacksonville florida

here my set up just to show you the set up just make the slides are flat slide in pic is a 4by4.