Tommy II Loc: Northern Illinois

I agree. It does slides very well.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Automatic is nice, but sending them to ScanCafe would be even easier and less expensive. If you want to take your time, the V600 is a good scanner with good software, and it comes with an attachment for slides and negatives.

https://www.scancafe.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Image-Electronics-PS5000-Automated/dp/B0051CKX4U

hj Loc: Florida

Well, the arsenal of "experts" are at it again. So many disregard the requirements of the OP and just throw in their two cents that does not support the specifics of the initial inquiry. I wish people would read carefully and then reply.

brent46 Loc: Grand Island, NY

Using Nikon 28-105 AF D in Macro mode. The bulb is a 60 watt equivalent LED daylight. Quality is excellent and it is pretty fast. Also you can shot raw giving you post processing options.

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JayemCO Loc: Colorado @ 9000 feet

Look for a Pacific Image Scanner. I have one that is 15 to 20 years old. You load up to 50 slides in the tray and let it work, takes several hours, but you don't have to watch it. The software come with the ICE technology and mine still does a great job. If I have a lot to do, I load it two or three times a day and then forget it.

jimpitt

I have about 25,000 slides in carousel trays and I wish to digitize about 3,000. Recently, I projected on a screen and selected few hundred (taken with a D500 and a FX lens, for a birthday party powerpoint. This worked ok, but I prefer better quality. Any ideas?

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

Thanks for suggesting this!

lev29 Loc: Born and living in MA.

Yeah, bsprague's suggestion!!

I cannot believe anyone who is a photography enthusiast with a huge collection of slides would settle for less than having the slides scanned! Adding another layer of distortion by projecting an image through a projector's lens, then onto a screen, which must be in a plane perfectly orthogonal to the central ray of the projected beam of light, AND then through ANOTHER lens (belonging to a camera)???

There are simply too many additional factors to introduce distortion when compared with a slide scanner. Yes, I realize a good quality scanner may not be inexpensive, but my God, THINK about how many $$$ or £££ or €€€ you have spent through the years on 25 Thousand slides!

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

There aren't many slide scanners that can handle bulk feeding mounted slides. Braun and Pacific Image currently offer them, but they cost $1800 and $1000, respectively (I haven't used either one, so can't comment on their quality, speed, etc.)

Your best bet would be to get the SF-200 bulk slide loader for your Nikon 4000ED and use that (there are two offered on eBay right now, tho they are rather high priced). That can accommodate up to 40 mounted slides in a batch. I have one and used it a lot in the past. Still do occasionally, though I'm not making many slides anymore... But I have some 30,000 or 40,000 slides on file . When I scan a batch, I set it up in the evening, start it right before I go to bed and let it run overnight. It jams occasionally, but if I'm careful I'll wake up to a completed job and a hard drive full of 130MB TIFFs!

Should be no big deal getting and installing a Firewire card to be able to connect the scanner. Frys, Newegg, B&H, Adorama, Tigerdirect and others have them. I had no trouble finding and installing one in my Win 7 PC.

I suspect a bit bigger problem might be getting software to work with the 4000ED. The original Nikonscan s'ware won't work on anything later than Win XP, if memory serves.

I "cheaped out" and bought Vuescan, which works okay with my 4000ED.

A better, but considerably more expensive s'ware is Silverfast AI. There's a version of that compatible with the 4000ED.

Once done with your scanning, unless you plan to shoot more slides, you could sell off your 4000ED and bulk loader to recoup some of what you have invested.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

That is why I stated at the end the flat beds I'm familiar with only will do 5 to 15 slides at a time. The bulk loading requirement is tough. And for new "home" equipment a pipe dream.

ddgm Loc: Hamilton, Ontario & Fort Myers, FL

I have a Nikon CoolScan 5000, a 210 slide scanner that will do 50 slides at a time and use Vuescan in Windows 7 & Windows 10. I also have the film negative holder and a 120 holder that has never been used. I keep threatening to sell it, as I have scanned all my old slides. I also have all the original boxes that it came in. The 50 slide holder can be picky, but loading it carefully has given me mostly good results. it uses USB for an interface.

hj Loc: Florida

Looks like your discreet attempt to sell your scanner should be placed in the Buy, Sell, Trade section of the forum.

jimpitt

DDGM;
Please send a photo and name a price.
Thanks.

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

Hi - - I have a Pacific Image Powerscan 5000 with software disk I'd be willing to sell for $ 650 including shipping and original box.
Comes with a Paximat 50-slide tray. This worked well for me scanning my Grandfathers 250 slide collection - but I've no more use for it.
Price is firm, as this is $150 less than I bought it for. Once your check clears, I'll ship it. See my ratings on EBay (OxyDoc)
This system works fine with my Win10 computer.

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hj Loc: Florida

This is in thw wrong section and should be moved