kb6kgx Loc: Simi Valley, CA

20??? I was using a Canon flatbed scanner but it only took 4 at a time.

Which model takes 20?

Bunko.T Loc: Western Australia.

I've done hundreds on a V500 Epson. I bought originally to scan a heap, hundreds of old b&w negs my grandfather took in the early 1900s. Did a fantastic job. Considering upgrading to the later/bigger one.
Resolution has a very high range of choices, others have mentioned the back light, dust etc adjustments. I also have Canon Pixma MP970, multi function which also does slides but not the old negs.
You'd be pleased with it if you went with it.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I've used the same Epson scanner for the last 16 years. In addition to some 3000+ slides, it also scans my negatives, I'm still a wet photographer. I'd recommend looking at Epson and pick one for the format you intend to scan.
--Bob

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

The V600 is a good scanner. But before I buy one of those I'd check this out. If you have a macro lens and a short tripod you'd be in business.

http://blog.jeffcable.com/2017/10/do-you-have-any-old-slides-that-you.html

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

There is no fundamental reason to use the film & slide holders that came with the V500. Oversize film can just lay on the platten. Of course, you should make it square to an edge.

drmike99 Loc: Fairfield Connecticut

I have the ION scanner, which I bought only because it is cheap and very fast and I use it to scan through old negatives quickly to find the ones I want to do real scans on. I don't find its quality worth much. It's OK for web images and maybe for 4x6 prints for uncritical relatives. For better scans I use a PrimeFilm 3650u which I bought used and which I'd rate as minimally adequate. At least it will scan to TIFF which is more editable than JPEG. I have heard good things about the Plusteks but they have a lot of models and without firsthand knowledge of them I don't know which is better than which. Personally I am looking for a scanner that will also do 120 MF. If I had an unlimited budget I'd go for a used Nikon Coolscan 9000 but that's out of the question. B&H has a $320 Braun 120 scanner but I cannot find any reviews of it, B&H couldn't tell me much about it, and if you follow the rule of you get what you pay for it's probably of ION quality (or Wolverine). Plustek has one that's reduced to about $1100. Does anyone have any experience with 120 film scanners. And no I do NOT want a flatbed. I don't think they match the dedicated film scanners (at least the good ones).

Kfallsfotoman

Been there! Still Am- lol.
I looked at the scanner you have a while back - only reason I didn't go that route was I also have 2 1/4 transparencies.

I did find a Canon canoscan 8400f that works for me. It is a flat bed scanner that has adapters to handle 35mm slides, 35mm negatives, and 2 1/4 negs & slides.
The plus is it will do 4 slides at a time.
Older and not the fastest but it works
((Older =bought it used in 2008)

pendennis

This thread provided a very good discussion on scanners

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-492275-1.html

carlberg

I've mentioned this before, if you truly have 100s of slides to digitize and don't want to spend the hours and hours scanning them one at at time, (or even 4 at at time with an Epson scanner, not to mention the sore arm moving them in and out of the holder), you can rent a professional slide scanner that does a whole slide carousel totally automatically in less than a couple of minutes. Check out https://ezphotoscan.com/pages/photo-scan-rental.

Kfallsfotoman

You are absolutely right on the time involved in doing this type of scanning.

I didn't know about the unit you shared - but will definately consider it - a bit pricey - but depends what your time is worth!

I usually resurrect my scanning project when we get snow bound - lol

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

I used walmart, not very good compared to my scanner.

jouster Loc: Witlesss Protection Program

I have a V600. I've scanned thousands of slides and I'm pleased with the results (and the price). I recommend the Epson V600.

RTCreed Loc: Forest Park, IL

I use the V600, just need to find the time to copy all of the slides that go back to the late 60's.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Brent, this is similar to what I've been doing for awhile now. I'm using a rig built from garage scraps, and it works great! I'm using Micro 4/3 (Panasonic Lumix GH4 with 30mm f/2.8 macro lens), so I can get down to an image about 17mm wide on the slide or negative.

The only downside to the camera copy method is dealing with dirt and dust. The less specular/more diffused your light source, the better.

Color correction and inversion of negatives is accomplished with curves in Lightroom or Photoshop. I use custom Lightroom presets that get me most of the way in one click.

Check these out:

Spidey in a Corner 1978 Kodachrome

(Download)

Rusty gears, 1983

(Download)

Basketball 1971

(Download)

hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA

I should get back to copying my slides also. Have a Wolverine slide scanner, and a Epson Perfection (forget model number) that will scan multiple slides. The Epson one is older, so the light source is not LED.