Hundreds of 35mm Slides
Feb 10, 2015 20:39:09 #
Dr J wrote:
I have been an avid photographer for MANY years and have thousands of 35mm slides. There a few hundred I would like to convert to a digital format. I have read reviews online about slide to digital converters but would appreciate any advise from the wealth of knowledge possessed and willingly shared by the Ugly Hedgehogs. Thank you!
I am using a Plustek OpticFilm 8200i AI that I bought through Amazon. I have finished converting about 600 slides, and it does an outstanding job. The SilverFast software that comes with it is excellent and easy to use. It is not fast (takes 4 slides at a time), but it has restored some very old slides to better than original condition.
Feb 10, 2015 20:50:02 #
Feb 10, 2015 20:56:10 #
Dr J wrote:
Thank you but I've decided to go with a Wolverine slide to digital converter.
Good luck!
Feb 11, 2015 05:56:28 #
I bought a Nikon Coolscan 5000ED slide scanner with a 50 slide capacity holder for automatic loading and scanned thousands of my slides. On my website, www.theearlybirder.com, any images with ID numbers less than 3000000, are slide scans.
Feb 11, 2015 06:43:52 #
Dr J wrote:
I have been an avid photographer for MANY years and have thousands of 35mm slides. There a few hundred I would like to convert to a digital format. I have read reviews online about slide to digital converters but would appreciate any advise from the wealth of knowledge possessed and willingly shared by the Ugly Hedgehogs. Thank you!
I have an Epson scanner that I've used to scan 35mm slides, medium format slides, and panorama slides. Be patient! High quality scans take time. I advise scanning to tiff format. I then used PS Elements and Photomatix Pro to squeeze the most out of the images. Noiseware is also useful.
Feb 11, 2015 07:21:33 #
I agree with bsprague on the Epson V600. I've had one for years and have scanned thousands of things, although never slides. It's a tough, versatile scanner.
Another possibility - ScanCafe. For about $0.33 per slide, they will give you beautiful results.
http://www.scancafe.com/
Another possibility - ScanCafe. For about $0.33 per slide, they will give you beautiful results.
http://www.scancafe.com/
Feb 11, 2015 07:22:32 #
[quote=Dr J]I have been an avid photographer for MANY years and have thousands of 35mm slides. There a few hundred I would like to convert to a digital format. /quote]
I used a less expenxive solution. I bought one of these from Ebay. Vintage Canon Film Adapter FP-100 & Power Supply
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Canon-Film-Adapter-FP-100-Power-Supply-/171669477148?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27f84c571c for under $20.
With my macro lens attached I have copied hundreds of slides and like the result better than my Epson V500.
I used a less expenxive solution. I bought one of these from Ebay. Vintage Canon Film Adapter FP-100 & Power Supply
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Canon-Film-Adapter-FP-100-Power-Supply-/171669477148?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27f84c571c for under $20.
With my macro lens attached I have copied hundreds of slides and like the result better than my Epson V500.
Feb 11, 2015 07:55:24 #
After years of procrastination I tackled the issue of digitizing my slide archive (several thousand slides) and tried one of the low-cost scanners on the market - which I gave up after a few attempts. Neither dynamic range nor resolution (1800dpi I guess) were acceptable. I tried another way: I transformed my Durst 605 enlarger into a copy stand and dusted my old Multiblitz slide duplication strobe. The first trials with my K3 look promising in terms of resolution and dynamic range at a record cycle time. I tried both my macro lenses - 35mm and 100mm on APS sensor and I can't see any difference. It's more a question of ergonomics: the 35mm is positioned very close too he slide while the 100mm makes the work easier.
Feb 11, 2015 08:00:39 #
hj
Loc: Florida
I believe you will be very satisfied with the ease of use and image quality if you are not a "pixel peeper". I paid over $800 to send many slides off to ScanCafe who ships the slides to India and they took over two months to return. The results were only slightly better than the ones I got from my Wolverine and it cost less than $100. Each wolverine scan takes less than 5 seconds. I moved to the wolverine after having a dedicated Minolta slide scanner that cost me over $300 and each scan took over 3 minutes each. I didn't have that kind of time. Sold my minolta on eBay and Loved my wolverine scanner until I sold it too because my conversions were finished! It may not satisfy a professional, but all of my extended family members were very pleased seeing the digital pics from 30 - 40 - 50 - years ago. Mine was the FD2 300 and the current models are surely even better.
Dr J wrote:
Thank you but I've decided to go with a Wolverine slide to digital converter.
Feb 11, 2015 08:15:10 #
I had the same situation several years ago. I ended up bringing them to an outside source. It cost me a few dollars but they did a great job and I have no regrets!
Feb 11, 2015 08:29:34 #
Feb 11, 2015 08:37:43 #
Don Fischer wrote:
I have an old Canon 8800F flatbed scammer that does 35mm film, slide's, 120 film and slides. I don't use it much anymore but it has worked well.
Who wants an old scaMMer? Lol
Feb 11, 2015 08:41:17 #
Well Bsprague recommendate the epson Perfection V600 photo thats one I own work perfect for films and slide photo .... change Amazon or Ebay...
Feb 11, 2015 08:57:31 #
machia
Loc: NJ
bsprague wrote:
Would you like any samples of what an Epson can do? I've got some Nikon shot Kodachromes from Iran when the Navy sent me there as a pilot in the early 70's. We had manual focus then and not many are perfect. Some are pretty good.
Minolta SRT-101 user here , now shooting w/ a Canon digital.
What did you fly? Private pilot here... You Navy pilots are the cream of the crop! Air show at NAS Lakehurst in 1971 had the Blue Angels....they were flying the F4 @ the time. I wanted to fly military but an astigmatism in my left eye kept me out, thanks for serving.
Feb 11, 2015 09:15:37 #
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