Slide to digital cost, an old topic: What is the typical cost for conversions and where should I get them done?

wham121736 Loc: Long Island, New York

What is the typical cost for conversions and where should I get them done?

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Scan Cafe charges about 19 cents per slide and they have discounts. They took too long with my order, over a month, but they did a good job.

You could try Legacy Box. They are advertised heavily on Rush Limbaugh's show and he backs it.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

wham121736 wrote:

What is the typical cost for conversions and where should I get them done?

It really depends on quality, speed, and resolution.

What do you intend to do with the digital files?

hoola

D.I. Y. Do it yourself . Pick up a used slide duper(plenty out there cheep)and dupe with your dslr . Or Put together a copy/duping setup using a litebox which you might already have or again can pick up cheeply .

Peterfiore Loc: Where DR goes south

It depends on your volume...Are your talking 25 slides or 25,000 slides?

Don, the 2nd son Loc: Crowded Florida

hoola wrote:

D.I. Y. Do it yourself . Pick up a used slide duper(plenty out there cheep)and dupe with your dslr . Or Put together a copy/duping setup using a litebox which you might already have or again can pick up cheeply .

When I had Walgreens Photo digitize a number of c41 negatives I was NOT pleased with the low resolution scans the sent me on a CD. They were barely larger than thumbnails. So, hooked up a slide copier rig and huge improvement. I don't know what resolution Scan cafe produces but I now prefer to do it myself and scan as RAW for the obvious reasons. Kodachrome had a wide dynamic range and doing it myself I can work at getting it right. Doubt that i could afford to pay a service for the extra time some slides needed.

hoola

Don is right . A custom lab for a professional quality hi rez digital dupe would charge at least $10 each . Even then as it is subjective you might not be happy with results . Again : D.I. Y.

wham121736 Loc: Long Island, New York

Thanks.

Fotoartist wrote:

Scan Cafe charges about 19 cents per slide and they have discounts. They took too long with my order, over a month, but they did a good job.

You could try Legacy Box. They are advertised heavily on Rush Limbaugh's show and he backs it.

wham121736 Loc: Long Island, New York

Thanks.

hoola wrote:

D.I. Y. Do it yourself . Pick up a used slide duper(plenty out there cheep)and dupe with your dslr . Or Put together a copy/duping setup using a litebox which you might already have or again can pick up cheeply .

wham121736 Loc: Long Island, New York

Thanks.

Don, the 2nd son wrote:

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David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Someone recommended DigMyPics to me -- they will accept slides in Carousel trays and return them the same way, with the scans in folders named by what is on the boxes. I've not tried them, but I am seriously considering it -- I have a lot of slides in trays.

elee950021 Loc: New York, NY

wham121736 wrote:

What is the typical cost for conversions and where should I get them done?

Wham!

Since you're from Long Island, NY see: https://pictureperfectscans.com/. They are located in Port Jefferson.

Testimonials have been good. Some companies outsource the work and take a bit of time. These folks scan on-premises.

After reading faqs, send a few expendable slides or prints for a test.

Be well. Ed

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

hoola wrote:

Don is right . A custom lab for a professional quality hi rez digital dupe would charge at least $10 each . Even then as it is subjective you might not be happy with results . Again : D.I. Y.

I had at least ten thousand slides ten years ago, so I purchased a {used} Nikon scanner and went to work. I had to retire sooner than I expected to, but it just gave me more time for the scanning. Between my Nikon scanner and a Plustek scanner I purchased later, I got the job done, even though many of the slides were taken twenty to fifty years ago, so many were "iffy".

Dwiggy Loc: Dunedin, FL

Make sure they are professionals at what they do. Recommend Scandigital.
Dwiggy

wham121736 Loc: Long Island, New York

Thanks!

elee950021 wrote:

Wham!

Since you're from Long Island, NY see: https://pictureperfectscans.com/. They are located in Port Jefferson.

Testimonials have been good. Some companies outsource the work and take a bit of time. These folks scan on-premises.

After reading faqs, send a few expendable slides or prints for a test.

Be well. Ed