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Dec 12, 2017 13:32:42   #
1Feathercrest Loc: NEPA
 
I bought a Leica M3 (through the ship's store) when the Leica M3 first came out. I used it almost exclusively for slides. As you might guess, I have quite a few but no projector now. Would like to copy the still usable slides but doing a few at a time is much too time consuming. Is there a copier that will process more at a time than the few, that I see on the market? The slidecopier I have will only hold a few frames and taking them out of the carrier for the projector (and returning?) them is too labor intensive to do for more than a few. I, unfortunately, had to dispose of all my Leica equipment to pay doctor's and hospital fees when my daughter was born. (I had retired from the navy and much of the expenses were not covered.) I now use a low end digital Nikon and just do snapshots.

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Dec 12, 2017 14:06:57   #
franksfun Loc: Bucks County PA
 
Try a local camera shop that does developing, that can probably scan them very quickly and the cost would be less than buying a scanner. That just depends on how many you want to scan. Another way is set up your projector, project the slides on a a whit wall and with your camera take a shot of each slide.

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Dec 12, 2017 14:07:35   #
franksfun Loc: Bucks County PA
 
Try a local camera shop that does developing, that can probably scan them very quickly and the cost would be less than buying a scanner. That just depends on how many you want to scan. Another way is set up your projector, project the slides on a a white wall and with your camera take a shot of each slide.

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Dec 12, 2017 17:17:12   #
whwiden
 
Get a 40mm macro lens, a small light table and a few Lego blocks.

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Dec 13, 2017 05:54:34   #
FiddleMaker Loc: Merrimac, MA
 
whwiden wrote:
Get a 40mm macro lens, a small light table and a few Lego blocks.

Are the Lego blocks used to elevate the slide off the light table rather than putting the slide directly on the light table ??

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Dec 13, 2017 06:32:26   #
Clapperboard
 
Put the slides directly on the light table/box. Use a macro lens and set the camera up so the slide just/just about fills the frame. The light box should have daylight corrected light so the slide copy will have correct colour.
This give high resolution copies of slides/negatives. If copying negatives use the editing software to do the reversal process.

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Dec 13, 2017 06:34:07   #
sb Loc: Florida's East Coast
 
Amazon offers several slide scanners from $40 to over $200 if you want to do it yourself.

http://www.amazon.com/ClearClick-QuickConvert-2-0-Negative-Scanner/dp/B073V879J5/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1513164730&sr=8-15&keywords=slide+scanner

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Dec 13, 2017 06:36:25   #
whwiden
 
FiddleMaker wrote:
Are the Lego blocks used to elevate the slide off the light table rather than putting the slide directly on the light table ??


For properating distance of the lens away from the slide. I use the lens hood plus a few legos. The slide goes on the light table.

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Dec 13, 2017 10:19:01   #
k3kfd
 
If you live near a Costco they will digitize 62 slides for 19-95 and .32 for any over 62. takes about 2-3 weeks.

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Dec 13, 2017 12:51:37   #
Architect1776 Loc: In my mind
 
1Feathercrest wrote:
I bought a Leica M3 (through the ship's store) when the Leica M3 first came out. I used it almost exclusively for slides. As you might guess, I have quite a few but no projector now. Would like to copy the still usable slides but doing a few at a time is much too time consuming. Is there a copier that will process more at a time than the few, that I see on the market? The slidecopier I have will only hold a few frames and taking them out of the carrier for the projector (and returning?) them is too labor intensive to do for more than a few. I, unfortunately, had to dispose of all my Leica equipment to pay doctor's and hospital fees when my daughter was born. (I had retired from the navy and much of the expenses were not covered.) I now use a low end digital Nikon and just do snapshots.
I bought a Leica M3 (through the ship's store) whe... (show quote)


Not sure what a few means nor have I used commercial services.
That said I have found a personal scanner like the Epson V850 is easily worth the investment. It does 12 slides at once. It uses a dual lens system for excellent quality. Relatively fast scan time, and take into account it removes dust from the scan which saves hours of post processing. Also you mention there are slides that are not good. Well most likely this scanner can salvage them even if faded to near clear and color correct all your slides. This all during the scan.
You can do none of this with a camera pointing at them your camera will just take a near clear slide and make a near clear digital of that slide.
If you value your slides at all and they have generational memories you can't beat the Epson V850 for double the price.

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Dec 13, 2017 13:05:58   #
1Feathercrest Loc: NEPA
 
Architect1776 wrote:
Not sure what a few means nor have I used commercial services.
That said I have found a personal scanner like the Epson V850 is easily worth the investment. It does 12 slides at once. It uses a dual lens system for excellent quality. Relatively fast scan time, and take into account it removes dust from the scan which saves hours of post processing. Also you mention there are slides that are not good. Well most likely this scanner can salvage them even if faded to near clear and color correct all your slides. This all during the scan.
You can do none of this with a camera pointing at them your camera will just take a near clear slide and make a near clear digital of that slide.
If you value your slides at all and they have generational memories you can't beat the Epson V850 for double the price.
Not sure what a few means nor have I used commerci... (show quote)


Thank you, will check that out. Joe.............

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Dec 13, 2017 14:47:10   #
rtk823
 
in the past I have used ScanCafe and had great results. I had about 200 slides from the 1970s done by them about 7 years ago and all turned out wonderfully. I compared some of the same slides with Costco's service then and found ScanCafe to be superior. Saves time and effort tho it is more costly today than 7 years ago. I also have a Epson scanner but found it time consuming and using it I was not as consistent as a professional. good luck.

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Dec 13, 2017 16:03:29   #
Architect1776 Loc: In my mind
 
1Feathercrest wrote:
Thank you, will check that out. Joe.............


You are welcome. I have done thousands on my V750 which was replaced by the V850.
I find that while the scan is going I load the second holder and do other things including have the TV on. Yes the scan seems long if you just sit and stare at the scanner but if you are sorting loading etc. It will be plenty fast.

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Dec 14, 2017 13:58:25   #
rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA
 
1Feathercrest wrote:
I bought a Leica M3 (through the ship's store) when the Leica M3 first came out. I used it almost exclusively for slides. As you might guess, I have quite a few but no projector now. Would like to copy the still usable slides but doing a few at a time is much too time consuming. Is there a copier that will process more at a time than the few, that I see on the market? The slidecopier I have will only hold a few frames and taking them out of the carrier for the projector (and returning?) them is too labor intensive to do for more than a few. I, unfortunately, had to dispose of all my Leica equipment to pay doctor's and hospital fees when my daughter was born. (I had retired from the navy and much of the expenses were not covered.) I now use a low end digital Nikon and just do snapshots.
I bought a Leica M3 (through the ship's store) whe... (show quote)

This entirely depends on what level of quality you demand. A scanning service is probably your best choice. You can use a "gang" copier such as Epson, but honestly I have one, and it will not preserve the quality you got from Leica; the glass is a quality problem, most likely you will encounter places where light bleeds into dark, and any imperfections on the slide media will be precisely duplicated. The best copies you can do at home are via the time-consuming methodology you have already rejected. I speak from experience - I started digitizing forty year's worth of media in 2009, and 6000+ images later I am coming to the end of that project.

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