What's the Best System to Scan 35mm slides with ? (Page 3): Step One: Cull, cull, cull, and cull some more. Once you know the number of slides you want to scan ask folks on this site...

NBBPH Loc: Indiana

Step One: Cull, cull, cull, and cull some more. Once you know the number of slides you want to scan ask folks on this site again.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

rmalarz wrote:

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

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

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 use an Epson V600 which I bought a few months ago and I love it. It’s a bit slow and scans 4 slides at a time but the resolution is great and color reproduction exact. I have it sitting on my desk and do other work while it scans. Some examples :
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-538203-1.html

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

srfmhg wrote:

I use an Epson V600 which I bought a few months ago and I love it. It’s a bit slow and scans 4 slides at a time but the resolution is great and color reproduction exact. I have it sitting on my desk and do other work while it scans. Some examples :
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-538203-1.html

lamontcranston

I have used an Epson Perfection V300 Photo Scanner that my son gave to me several years ago. I have scanned a couple thousand 35 mm slides and countless photos and documents on it. It still works like new and does an excellent job. It is tedious work. And it WILL drive you to drink.

Now....where is that bottle?

htbrown Loc: San Francisco Bay Area

BebuLamar wrote:

for slides (not negative) I would copy them with a good camera.

Why not negatives? I understand it will require extra steps in post, but it that truly a problem?

classic320

I feel for you. Currently scanning my father's slides--even if I do one in ten, it'll still be 1000+ scans. Then there will be my slides! Most tiresome is adding the info to the scan: date, location, sometimes names, etc.

George Rains Loc: Austin, TX.

Am using the Epson V550, and have done about 3200 so far. No problems, that in addition to quite a few B & W 8X10 and color prints. Also scanned 300 plus B & W 35 negs.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

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 use an Epson V750.
Works well on slides, does 12 at a time.
Yes it is not real fast but while scanning you can sort, load more slides and do other activities and before you know it you have to change the scanner.
It restores color from faded slides and negatives.
Scans B&W negatives and best of all it does any size up to 8x10 film as well as scans those old faded prints and restores them.
It also removes dust which is virtually impossible to completely clean off a slide or neg unless you spend hours just cleaning.
No it might not be as perfect as a dedicated drum scanner but for what it does it is incredible. Look at those old slides and odds are they are not as sharp as you think they really are.
Here is my mother in 1952. The slide had faded and changed color but this is how it corrected the slide. Looks pretty good to me from a failing slide. I haven't worked with it in PS yet.

(Download)

BebuLamar

htbrown wrote:

Why not negatives? I understand it will require extra steps in post, but it that truly a problem?

I can do very well with slides. I can scan the negatives well but I can't convert the negative to positive well. I don't know what's wrong. I know that the negative has orange base and also has very low contrast but some how I can't really correct them well.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

BebuLamar wrote:

I can do very well with slides. I can scan the negatives well but I can't convert the negative to positive well. I don't know what's wrong. I know that the negative has orange base and also has very low contrast but some how I can't really correct them well.

Most scanners should have a negative selection that does the conversion.

Alsweet Loc: Gold Coast, Australia

Get a good 35mm Projector. Project your slides on to a smooth, matt, white surface at a minimal distance from projector (say 1 metre).
Use a good quality camera and lens.
Place camera above projector but as close to lens as possible (to reduce parallax)and copy projected image.
Much quicker than scanning. You'll end up with megapixel image that can be easily viewed, cleaned up or corrected.

billmck Loc: Central KY

My daughter bought me a Canon CanoScan 9000F for Christmas to scan my old slides. She does most of the scanning, and it has a holder that holds four slides and scans them into individual photos. The quality looks pretty good, but I have to admit I find the Canon software to very frustrating to me.

therwol Loc: USA

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 see a lot of replies regarding a dedicated film scanner versus flat bed scanner. I think that if your time is valuable (mine is), you'll want to use a good flatbed scanner to scan multiple slides at once. Epson makes several. If you want to go back and do a better scan of individual slides, you can always do that, either paying for it or buying a dedicated scanner.

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

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.

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