Converting 35mm to digital
Dec 8, 2011 10:50:37 #
I have hundereds of photographs I took while I was in Viet Nam. I would like to convert them to digital for safe keeping. Is there any equipment recommended by photographers that would do this? I have a few hundred dollers to spend.
Dec 8, 2011 11:04:42 #
donrent
Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl
If you have a scanner, you can do it yourself... Scan them into a folder in your computer and thats there is to it...
For my 50year high school reunion, I had classmates send me their old photos and I made up a photo show on flicker.... I probably had 250 or more pics preserved for everyone.... Very easy to do...
For my 50year high school reunion, I had classmates send me their old photos and I made up a photo show on flicker.... I probably had 250 or more pics preserved for everyone.... Very easy to do...
Dec 8, 2011 11:20:24 #
I have also had this dilemma. My father has tens of thousands of amazing photos he took while traveling around the world with my mom when I was four and my sister was two. I am a professional photographer and I have at least half of my work on film. The truth is, scanning is a waste of my time. There are so many great companies out there who do an amazing job, and make larger, cleaner, scans with much better equipment than the scanner I could buy for a couple hundred, or thousand dollars. I found a company in CA called Go Photo and I have been extremely happy with their work. I give them a few hundred images at a time to scan. I get to see them online and choose the ones I like (and only pay for those), and then I get a CD of everything. I make copies for my sister and my dad. Everything he has is on slides, and this has completely taken away my fear of a fire at his house where I lose everything.
Dec 8, 2011 12:30:45 #
Are they prints or slides? For slides, I've read good things about ScanCafe - they hand-touch each slide to adjust color if needed, etc.
http://www.scancafe.com
http://www.scancafe.com
Dec 8, 2011 13:48:49 #
donrent
Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl
Jim, I just had some 50 odd color slides that were over 50 years old put on CD by them and they did a great job... Highly recomment them...
Don
Don
Dec 8, 2011 14:25:55 #
donrent
Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl
Here's another angle to look at... Go to ebay and put in a search for "Film Scanner"....For 50 to a 100 bucks you can have a permanent way for years....
Dec 8, 2011 14:52:24 #
I agree entirely with Tayna. Scanning, if it is to be done well, takes a ton of experience AND, a quality scanner. And I am not even talking about "Drum Scanning" My advice, farm it out, unless you are not at all fussy about your results.
Dec 8, 2011 16:33:31 #
donrent wrote:
That's good to know - I have a bunch of old slides my Dad took on our cross-country vacations back in the 60s that, if my Mom can ever find them ALL, will keep ScanCafe busy for a month. Maine to San Diego, Crater Lake to Miami and points in between.Jim, I just had some 50 odd color slides that were over 50 years old put on CD by them and they did a great job... Highly recomment them...
Don
Don
Dec 9, 2011 05:54:08 #
Dec 9, 2011 08:59:28 #
naturalite
Loc: Up state NY
You ever take a picture of the picture. It works very well. All you need is a piece of non glare glass to place over the top to flatten them out for photos.
I sat at a table with a tiny tripod. Set my camera to 5mp. Used a true color light bulb in a lamp and took my pic's. Loaded them on a thumb drive and went to OfficeMax and told them to put them on a CD for me.
I sat at a table with a tiny tripod. Set my camera to 5mp. Used a true color light bulb in a lamp and took my pic's. Loaded them on a thumb drive and went to OfficeMax and told them to put them on a CD for me.
Dec 9, 2011 10:15:29 #
Dec 9, 2011 10:17:31 #
Tanya,
I totally agree with you, the pros are cheaper, better, and faster. Been there, done that.
I totally agree with you, the pros are cheaper, better, and faster. Been there, done that.
Tanya Malott wrote:
I have also had this dilemma. My father has tens ... (show quote)
Dec 9, 2011 10:31:09 #
I just bought a Canoscan 9000f. It was about $170 at Amazon. Does a great job on everything.
Dec 9, 2011 10:50:48 #
Sue-Jim
Loc: Missouri
We have this problem, too - have a slide scanner, haven't been happy with the results (also, way too slow so my husband just doesn't "get a round tuit"). We also have color film (negatives) -- & also B&W film (some 4x5, some smaller format). Any advice on getting those digitalized? My scanner would supposedly do negatives - didn't get good results & it was a nuisance to set up. Have some classic shots in B&W, would like to save them.
Dec 9, 2011 16:58:24 #
I always take a digital photo of my old photos; flash off in good natural light. It's the slow method and you need to take the photo square on but it works pretty well for most photos. Some problems with shiny/glossy pictures and I go back to photoshop to fix them.
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