Azboy

I too have slides from Vietnam, they are in carrolsels. I have started scanning with my Epson V600, these have been in my garage in Phoenix. I thought the heat would destroy them but to my surprise they look like when I took them. If I blow them up to 19×13" they do get grainy.

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

I use a Wolverine Snap 14 scanner which works very well. It will automatically adjust for exposure and you can make color corrections as well. It is very simple to use and stores the images on an SD card. Yo load the tray with 4 slides and feed it through the slot on the scanner. You then press the convert button and the save button if it's a keeper. You can also hook it up to a TV to review or play a slide show. My slides are in Bell and Howell "slide cubes" and they're amazingly dust and scratch free. I have a few thousand from the past 50 years and I'll post a few as soon as the card is full. The new model is the Snap 20 mp and is available at B&H for $159. I'd suggest you get some extra trays (available on Amazon)and have a friend load them while you scan and review.Good luck and please post some of these.
Mark

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PWA1994DV

I had some 26000 slides I had taken over a 60 year time frame. some were Kodachrome ASA 8!. I got a slide copying attachment for my Nikon D7000 put it on my old 55 macro and made copies of 16000 of the slides. Most are great . But yes you will see some grain in some of the slides but they still print very well up to about 8x10. I did a few things to automate the process; one do a white balance on the slide copier when you set up the system; 2 use incandescent lights or LEDs and don't worry about a flash. the slide copier attachment I got could take three slides at a time so the process is not too slow. I was doing about 300 slides a day. The irony is that I had a Nikon slide copier attachment but it would not attach to the D7000 or any other digital because of the grip protrusion hence buy a new attachment. I tried to use a slide scanner but they are far too slow and I really don't see they are any better than using the camera. BTW note that both Nikon and Cannon have discontinued their copiers.
Have fun and enjoy the memories... well perhaps not enjoy Viet Nam but the rest. I was on a destroyer in Nam in 1965 and again in 1966.
Phil andrews

aellman Loc: Boston MA

Check out the Epson 500-600 series.

fosis Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

I've used an Epson Perfection 4490 Scanner for several years. Just saw a refurbished one on an online WalMart ad for $129,99. It will take four slides at a time as a flat bed letter size flat bed scanner/copier that accepts slides and negatives, color and b&W. It's a basic unit but will scan at 2400 per inch without "smart technology," i.e. before it uses software instead of real optical power to go to 9600 per inch. 2400 is plenty.

agillot

if you have a slide projector and a descent screen , i heard of people taking pictures of the slides from the screen with your digi camera .easy to try .

Missouri

I just took over 200 slides that I took in 1967-68 in the Central Highlands to WalMart to have them converted to JPEG. I was a combat photographer and we developed them ourselves at that time with limited control over developer temps. I should get them back in about two weeks. WalMart charges $27.00 for the first 166 slides and .15 for each additional slide. You get your slides and a DVD back with all converted to JPEG. I had about five converted to see how the turned out. They looked good on screen but didn't try to print any.

Lee

PWA1994DV

I have done this as a test and the results were not too good.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

I hope you post some of these. I wonder if there's a site to share these images. I used the PIO darkroom in DaNang and knew some of the combat photographers well. One night, the Papa San swept the darkroom and trashed all the Ektachrome hanging up to dry 😂

Cheers,
Chris

hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA

I've had different experiences with scanning slides. Started back in 2004 with a Epson Perfection flatbed which had a slide scanning feature. Those were pretty good. Bought a dedicated slide scanner couple of years ago. Is (I think) a higher resolution, but my old slides have taken a red coloration and even lost some pigment altogether. Most that I tried are from a Kodak carrousel and had been stored in the cardboard box it came in. When I can find the ones stored in a slide specific metal file, they may be in better condition. I believe that may be a more light and air tight container.

JudgeRock

I sent several thousand slides out to be digitized at a commercial lab. The Kodachrome came out great however the ektachrome after over 50 years in storage... well not so good. I ended up after some post processing to remove spots and scratches converting many to black and white. This allowed for sharper resolution than I had with the muddy looking magenta / blue ektachrome I am attaching 2 Kodachrome pictures taken in Greece in 1954 of a Greek men and one ektachrome desaturated of the Acropolis and one without any post of a small Greek church. They were all scratched with dust and some discoloration but I was happy to be able to save some.

rck281 Loc: Overland Park, KS

I purchased a Nixon slide scanner about 10 years ago and scanned thousands of slides and negatives. As good as the slide scanner was, the software was amazing. Some of the slides had turned purple and I wasn't sure they were worth scanning. The software automatically restored the true color. Try Ebay for a Nixon scanner.

rthillusa

WayneT's tip on a scanner, all by itself, is worth the price of admission to UHH. I have been sitting on my stack of slides from the enchanted and mysterious orient circa 1967 as well. (An all expense paid trip courtesy of Uncle Sugar.) I was afraid to send them off because they are irreplaceable. Not that they are great photographic events, but they are from an era long (and thankfully) gone. Something to pass on to the kids, who will no doubt store them in the attic, with the mice and squirrels, until their kids have to decide what to do with all of grandpa's junk. But at the time it was a big event in the lives of (ex) Sgt. and Mrs R. T. Hill. I will be ordering the recommended scanner tonight.

Thank you Wayne and UHH. My dilemma over my old slides is now resolved.

topkattkg2 Loc: Greensboro, N.C.

Wow Joe, I was there in 1966, 25th infantry division, and only have a few pictures taken by a friend and are black and white snap shots. I hope u will find a way to get them reworked and would really hope to see them on this site, I would love to show them to wife, kids, grandkids. You really have something that would be enjoyed by a lot of other vets. Good luck and look forward to seeing them. Tom .

JeffDavidson Loc: Originally Detroit Now Los Angeles

Relatively inexpensive to have the conversion done at COSTCO. If any are particularly good, then have a professional conversion of the limited few.