Slide scanning
Dec 21, 2011 15:28:15 #
Nikonfan70
Loc: Long Island
I,m having some older 35mm slides scanned at 2500 dpi and placed on a DvD. Has anyone had this done, and if so how the product look?
Thanks
Thanks
Dec 21, 2011 16:19:28 #
Nikonfan70 wrote:
I,m having some older 35mm slides scanned at 2500 dpi and placed on a DvD. Has anyone had this done, and if so how the product look?
Thanks
Thanks
I scan all my slides myself at 4800dpi, makes for a very large initial file, but after I clean them up and PP them I usually resize into a manageable TIFF file for storage.
Dec 21, 2011 16:30:26 #
Nikonfan70 wrote:
I,m having some older 35mm slides scanned at 2500 dpi and placed on a DvD. Has anyone had this done, and if so how the product look?
Thanks
Thanks
I used 4800 on my slide scans. Seemed to work ok for me.
Dec 21, 2011 17:31:53 #
Nikonfan70
Loc: Long Island
Did you scan them yourself?. How many can you fit on a DVD at that resolution? The shop I am using uses the Nikon9000 at .39ea .What do you think?
Dec 21, 2011 17:35:18 #
Nikonfan70 wrote:
Did you scan them yourself?. How many can you fit on a DVD at that resolution? The shop I am using uses the Nikon9000 at .39ea .What do you think?
I scan them all myself, but I do not store on DVDs. The Nikon9000 is unfamiliar to me, but no matter what machine is used, the resolution is key, and is adjustable on all machines. A Nikon9000 might have 9000dpi capability, but if the $0.39 per scan price is at 1200dpi, it won't do you a lot of good.
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Dec 21, 2011 17:42:24 #
Nikonfan70
Loc: Long Island
Sorry if I mislead you, The minimun scan is 2500 dpi.
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
Dec 21, 2011 17:48:59 #
Nikonfan70
Loc: Long Island
Wow I just checked Epson's site. For just twice the price for 100 slides I can do it myself. Thanks alot guys.
Dec 21, 2011 17:50:14 #
Nikonfan70 wrote:
Wow I just checked Epson's site. For just twice the price for 100 slides I can do it myself. Thanks alot guys.
Glad to be of assistance.
Dec 22, 2011 06:17:42 #
I tried some slides from the 60's which scanned alright but the film is cupped a little in the cardboard frame, any ideas on to flatten the film? So they were not really OK, all were out of focus.
Dec 22, 2011 07:29:04 #
pshaffer
Loc: Worthington, Ohio
I just finished a big scanning project - 200 slides, and about 150 rolls of film. Used a Canon Canoscan 9000F, and I am pleased with the results.
I test scanned at 2400, 3600 DPI and found that I could see no substantial difference between these and 1200 DPI when magnified. I know- there is supposed to be a difference, but I can't see it, maybe due to quality of the film. So, I saved a lot of time by going 1200.
The size of the resulting tiff files was 25gB. Where to store? Not a DVD. Thumb drives too slow, even the fastest - went to WalMart and got 5 Hard drives 640Gb each - western digital. How reliable are these? don't know, but they do work.
I can't believe how much crap was on the film, even though they have been in protective storage for 20 years. Cleaning was very laborious, and I found that touch up in iPhoto was quite easy for those I wanted to improve (not all are worth it, of course).
I test scanned at 2400, 3600 DPI and found that I could see no substantial difference between these and 1200 DPI when magnified. I know- there is supposed to be a difference, but I can't see it, maybe due to quality of the film. So, I saved a lot of time by going 1200.
The size of the resulting tiff files was 25gB. Where to store? Not a DVD. Thumb drives too slow, even the fastest - went to WalMart and got 5 Hard drives 640Gb each - western digital. How reliable are these? don't know, but they do work.
I can't believe how much crap was on the film, even though they have been in protective storage for 20 years. Cleaning was very laborious, and I found that touch up in iPhoto was quite easy for those I wanted to improve (not all are worth it, of course).
Dec 22, 2011 07:43:02 #
I still think that the fastest way to scan hundreds of slides is to use a camera with a macro lens. My setup incldes a D-700 with a 60mm, f/2.8 Micro Nikkor attached, mounted on the inverted center column of a Gitzo tripod. The light source is a "Visual Plus" transparency viewer, which when warmed up, produces a 5400K light as measured with a Gossen Color Meter. It takes approx 4-5 seconds per slide. It works for me with very little or no PP required.
Dec 22, 2011 07:46:13 #
Hmmmm, I bought a plan OL scanner from Target/Sears, and scanned over 4,000 negatives, along with 400 slides, I also have scanned alot of old photos, most of which did not have negatives, all on to a memory stick, now I have them in the computer, not sure what DPI is, but at least I now have them secure, some are Black, and White from My child hood days, so Cool even to have this around, keeps me busy, and the B/W I can colorize, have Fun, Thanks, George
Dec 22, 2011 09:13:05 #
I use a epson V500 scaner and get good results.
Dec 22, 2011 09:17:21 #
Here is a few slides that are 35 yrs old
Dec 22, 2011 09:26:04 #
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