Digitizing old photo's
Mar 11, 2012 09:37:38 #
Geofw
Loc: Thornton Cleveleys UK
I know this subject has been discussed somewhere on "the hog" before.
I want to digitize my old family photos and slides. I was thinking of buying an "Ion 35mm Photo Negative and Slide Converter to PC"
for the slides & negatives.
What do you recommend?
I want to digitize my old family photos and slides. I was thinking of buying an "Ion 35mm Photo Negative and Slide Converter to PC"
for the slides & negatives.
What do you recommend?
Mar 11, 2012 09:50:08 #
Look for an Epson V500 photo scanner. It does an amazing job. It will copy slides or photos.
Mar 11, 2012 10:45:54 #
The ION is a terrible, low resolution product that utilizes interpolation rather than resolution. Stick with one of Epsons PHOTO scanners, best quality for the money anywhere out there.
Mar 12, 2012 05:48:20 #
I use the Epson V300 ($79.95) It does a good job for me. Probably could find something better but this fills my need to scan my old negatives.
Mar 12, 2012 07:25:15 #
Geofw wrote:
I know this subject has been discussed somewhere on "the hog" before.
I want to digitize my old family photos and slides. I was thinking of buying an "Ion 35mm Photo Negative and Slide Converter to PC"
for the slides & negatives.
What do you recommend?
I want to digitize my old family photos and slides. I was thinking of buying an "Ion 35mm Photo Negative and Slide Converter to PC"
for the slides & negatives.
What do you recommend?
If you want the best for dealing with old photos, I recommend the Nikon Coolscan V LS-50ED. It integrates the Digital Ice 4 Technology which enhances faded photos and also removes both dust and scratches without degrading image sharpness. The only problem with this scanner is, you have to focus manually. Read the reviews at Cnet.
http://reviews.cnet.com/scanners/nikon-coolscan-v-ls/4505-3136_7-30756222.html?tag=mncol;rvwBody#reviewPage1
Mar 12, 2012 07:50:24 #
ephraim Imperio wrote:
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Manual focus, 8 year old technology and it costs $3500??? There are definitely better choices out there! The Epson comes with Digital ICE also and you would have enough money left over to buy a Nikon D800 and a trip to use it on!
http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-CoolScan-LS-50-Film-Scanner/dp/B0001DYTVW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1331552917&sr=8-1
Mar 12, 2012 08:24:24 #
The ION makes copies and is easy to use. BUT the quality is low and even with a lot of post processing work I can't get what I consider to be satisfactory quality.
Mar 12, 2012 08:26:38 #
Also worth considering is the ScanCafe service. You can get 600 images -- negatives, slide or prints -- scanned to jpg for about $125. For more money you can get TIFF files and pick and choose to reject and not pay for up to half the scans.
We have had thousands of images done by them and while the jpg files have to be cleared of noise (We use Neat Image.) and some post work is needed to get anything resembling the original (Kodachrome) range of values, it is good enough for old family and travel photos.
The time saving is considerable.
We have had thousands of images done by them and while the jpg files have to be cleared of noise (We use Neat Image.) and some post work is needed to get anything resembling the original (Kodachrome) range of values, it is good enough for old family and travel photos.
The time saving is considerable.
Mar 12, 2012 08:28:11 #
Jandjeby14 wrote:
The ION makes copies and is easy to use. BUT the quality is low and even with a lot of post processing work I can't get what I consider to be satisfactory quality.
And you never will. Low resolution scans and interpolating software produce lackluster results at best.
Mar 12, 2012 09:03:40 #
MT Shooter wrote:
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I've had a Nikon Coolscan V for 7 years and (1) I paid $495 in 2005; (2) manual focus is only required if the film strip is not flat -- which in a flatbed causes blurry scans and is not correctable; (3) it has native 4000 dpi, 12 bit color sensor which gives amazing results.
Mar 12, 2012 09:11:44 #
I used my lexmark scanner, that is so old the laptop I got last year doesnt have a driver for it. I suspect a lot depends on the quality of the picture...this print is pretty old.. I would give what you already have a try and go from there.
BuckeyeTom73 wrote:
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Mar 12, 2012 09:18:18 #
The Epson V500 (flatbed) looks like it will do a great job - on pictures. I have 1000+ slides that I'd like to digitize. Any recommendations for an 'automatic' carrier-fed scanner that doesn't require all the intensive labor a flatbed does?
Mar 12, 2012 09:21:23 #
woodworker236
Loc: Western, Pennsylvania Home of the first JEEP
MT Shooter wrote:
And you never will. Low resolution scans and interpolating software produce lackluster results at best.
Jandjeby14 wrote:
The ION makes copies and is easy to use. BUT the quality is low and even with a lot of post processing work I can't get what I consider to be satisfactory quality.
And you never will. Low resolution scans and interpolating software produce lackluster results at best.
The *ION That I have is a 5MP High Resolution scanner, and the 35mm neg's I have done turned out nice.
Mar 12, 2012 09:37:42 #
MT Shooter wrote:
The ION is a terrible, low resolution product that utilizes interpolation rather than resolution. Stick with one of Epsons PHOTO scanners, best quality for the money anywhere out there.
I agree with MT Shooter. I bought an Epson 2450 on Ebay for around $50.00 and the seller paid the freight. It came with all the frames to scan everything up to 4x5 negs. I love it. A tip on shopping Ebay. You have to be diligent, look for good feedback and do some research as you go along (that is search reviews on the product you are anticipating purchasing). That means you can't be in a hurry. I have been an Ebay faithful since 1998 and have never been burned on a purchase.
Mar 12, 2012 10:04:35 #
Have an Epson V500 and love it. But it's a long slow job to digitize a thousand images. I scan most of my images at a medium resolution, just to have a digitized version. Then images I want to work on I scan at 2 or 3 times better resolution. Expect lots of post processing work to clean up the images if your slides are as old and poorly stored as mine were.
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