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Jan 27, 2019 15:36:34 #

rickster

What is the best way to convert slides to digital? 1. Using a photo/slide scanner is good but tediously slow process. 2. Use a product like Wolverine Titan F2D, that takes a quick (3 second) photo of the slide, but results come out very "contrasty". 3. Showing the slide on a matte white background and taking a photo of your slide with a digital camera. Which is best? Also, what is the actual pixel equivalent of a slide versus modern digital photography? I need to convert about 10,000 slides and I need to good bit of advice. Thanx.
Rickster

Jan 27, 2019 15:39:03 #

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

rickster wrote:

What is the best way to convert slides to digital?... (show quote)

My choice and what I used was a Nikon slide scanner for quality.

Jan 27, 2019 15:50:38 #

jj56 Loc: Londonderry, NH

Check out you tube videos on slide duplication. If you’re handy one of the solutions may fit your “need”.

Jan 27, 2019 15:51:56 #

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

You can make a rig that uses a macro lens to take pictures of the slides directly. Or you can buy them. Nikon makes a slide holder to put on the end of a Nikon macro lens.

Jan 27, 2019 15:53:42 #

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I used a dedicated slide/negative scanner when I did mine years ago.

For using a camera to take a picture of a projected image, you'll need a flawless screen and the camera will have to be as close to the projector to avoid a trapezoidal image.

Jan 27, 2019 19:54:46 #

Stardust Loc: Central Illinois

From own experience my first reguirement if these are personal would be to cut the 10,000 in half to the good 5,000, take a few days rest, then cut the 5,000 down to 2,500 best. Your work is already 75% less.

When I went thru about 3,000 of my slides that were all keepers 35-40 years ago I ended up with about 600 I scanned to keep.

Jan 28, 2019 07:30:47 #

rmm0605 Loc: Atlanta GA

rickster wrote:

What is the best way to convert slides to digital?... (show quote)

I used my trusty Epson Perfection V750 Pro and a lot of patience! But it worked and I got 95% of my slides and negatives converted within a year of starting.

Jan 28, 2019 07:31:46 #

f8lee Loc: New Mexico

I suggest a dedicated slide scanner (Nikon's are excellent but only available used) - far superior than using your camera to take a photo of the slide (using the appropriate lens and slide holding rig) for one reason that makes a lot of difference: the scanning software does a very good job of automatic post processing - removing dust, restoring faded colors, etc. - that would otherwise take you a lot of time to do manually. I used a Nikon LS5000 to do what you are planning to do some years back (ended up selling it for as much as I paid for it new - guess they were in demand) and between the auto slide feeder (an added accessory) and the software taking care of 90%+ of the image fixes it made the task much easier.

Jan 28, 2019 07:44:26 #

Woodchip

I used a cannon scanner which had a 3 slide holder attachment, it took a while because I had thousands but it did a great job I made DVD from them, then put them in a external hard drive sold scanner on eBay many years ago. So if I want to so a trip out comes a dvd and a good tv show

Jan 28, 2019 07:52:07 #

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

I use a Canon CanoScan 9000F MKII. It does photo, film and negatives. Pretty fast. Before this i had a Nikon and before that I had a Canon 4000. The Nikon had good software, and the old Canon was horrifically slow unless you used the SCSI interface, but the 9000F is better than both of them.

Jan 28, 2019 07:59:44 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Jan 28, 2019 09:22:17 #

Don, the 2nd son Loc: Crowded Florida

Stardust wrote:

Been there, done that!! Essential!! Time well spent. If you use a macro lens with slide copier attachment be sure to use a steady light source to minimize the need for light temp. adjustments. Shoot RAW. I used "live view" to get focus spot on. Dust/clean the slides first saves soo much time in spot removal.

Jan 28, 2019 10:17:51 #

Phil Martin Loc: New Hampshire

My Epson V800 scanner comes with a "carrier" that will scan 12 slides at a time, producing 12 separate JPEG images. The results are very satisfactory!

Jan 28, 2019 10:53:05 #

WayneL Loc: Baltimore Md

I looked at about 15,000 slides and scanned around 3,000 on an Epson scanner. It took me about 2 months spending 5-6 hrs a day

Jan 28, 2019 12:23:14 #

Lemon Drop Kid Loc: Greeley, CO

I made a simple frame out of wood that holds the camera and the slide. I put a white card a couple of feet behind the slide and illuminate the card with a flood light. Cost: Zero.

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