What's the Best System to Scan 35mm slides with ?
Jun 26, 2018 19:55:45 #
I have 7 to 10 Thousand 35mm Slides to go over and pick out the best ones to scan. You-all have some ideas.
Jun 26, 2018 20:01:04 #
akmoose wrote:
I have 7 to 10 Thousand 35mm Slides to go over and pick out the best ones to scan. You-all have some ideas.
A good dedicated film scanner (beats any flat bed scanner out there)!
Jun 26, 2018 20:01:13 #
Dedo
Loc: NY, Uruguay
Edit very carefully and pay someone to do the scanning.
It is tedious and boring and if you have large numbers
of slides it will drive you to drink.
Cheers
It is tedious and boring and if you have large numbers
of slides it will drive you to drink.
Cheers
Jun 26, 2018 22:04:21 #
If you decide to scan the slides yourself, check out the Plustek 8200ai slide scanner from B&H. It's $471.35 & includes Silverfast AI Studio 8 software. I've been working my way through several thousand aircraft slides & negatives over the last few years. Scans are very good & fairly quick.
Jun 26, 2018 22:19:01 #
Dedo wrote:
if you have large numbers
of slides it will drive you to drink.
of slides it will drive you to drink.
so what's the down side?
Jun 27, 2018 03:46:17 #
Jun 27, 2018 04:00:19 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
I have used my Canon flat-bed scanner, also used a digital camera on Bowens Ilumitran. The camera system seems to be quicker on each individual scan, and you get instant playback. (Almost like shelling peas).
Jun 27, 2018 05:52:03 #
I use a light table and a Nikon 40mm macro lens. The cost of the lens and a d3300 can be about the same cost as a scanner. Though tedious, it can be much faster than a dedicated scanner. And, you get a raw file.
Jun 27, 2018 05:57:43 #
Jun 27, 2018 06:29:15 #
I am currently using a Nikon ES-2, 60mm Micro lens, and either my Nikon D800 or D850. Have about 10K slides myself. Looks like a long summer, but the results I'm getting are fantastic.
Jun 27, 2018 06:40:47 #
GED
Loc: North central Pa
Nikon Coolscan 9000 scanner, or copy them with a higher resolution camera. The scanner would have to be purchased used, but they are excellent scanners and you would need a software like Vuescan to work with it.
Jun 27, 2018 07:21:12 #
shutterlab
Loc: Jersey Shore
[quote=nicksr1125]If you decide to scan the slides yourself, check out the Plustek 8200ai slide scanner from B&H. It's $471.35 & includes Silverfast AI Studio 8 software. I've been working my way through several thousand aircraft slides & negatives over the last few years. Scans are very good & fairly quick.[/quote
I am about to undertake the same project: the 10k+ slides my dad took over his (and my) lifetime have turned up, years after we thought them lost in the flood to Hurricane Sandy. I am pressed for time, want to get them done while my mom is still around to enjoy them. Those of you who have had some one scan them for you, did you use a trusted local shop, or send them off? If the latter, to whom and what did you think of the results? Do you hand them over in trays, or in a stack? I live at the Jersey Shore again, and have only found one place (Photo Center, in Brick) that does them.
I am about to undertake the same project: the 10k+ slides my dad took over his (and my) lifetime have turned up, years after we thought them lost in the flood to Hurricane Sandy. I am pressed for time, want to get them done while my mom is still around to enjoy them. Those of you who have had some one scan them for you, did you use a trusted local shop, or send them off? If the latter, to whom and what did you think of the results? Do you hand them over in trays, or in a stack? I live at the Jersey Shore again, and have only found one place (Photo Center, in Brick) that does them.
Jun 27, 2018 07:31:47 #
I've been scanning film since 2001. I've been using the same scanner since then. It's an Epson Perfection 3200. I'd recommend any of the Epson products that meet your film format requirement.
--Bob
--Bob
akmoose wrote:
I have 7 to 10 Thousand 35mm Slides to go over and pick out the best ones to scan. You-all have some ideas.
Jun 27, 2018 07:37:00 #
akmoose wrote:
I have 7 to 10 Thousand 35mm Slides to go over and pick out the best ones to scan. You-all have some ideas.
I used an Epson 750 pro scanner and did 35mm and 120 film--thousands of slides and unmounted transparencies. The Dmax on this scanner is 4.0, which is about what you'll get from good film-only scanners. A few go higher, but they are very expensive.
Jun 27, 2018 07:49:41 #
GED wrote:
Nikon Coolscan 9000 scanner, or copy them with a higher resolution camera. The scanner would have to be purchased used, but they are excellent scanners and you would need a software like Vuescan to work with it.
I used a Coolscan with Vuescan to scan slides and it works great but it’s beyond tedious. Also works great with APS film rolls of which I had hundreds.
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