Scanning 35mm (slides)
May 19, 2023 22:28:30 #
Can the newer Canon scanners copy and download 35 mm color slides to digital?
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
May 19, 2023 22:47:35 #
JBuckley wrote:
Can the newer Canon scanners copy and download 35 mm color slides to digital?
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
Some scanners have slide holders and a backlight in the lid for the slides. A plain flatbed won't do them. They must be backlit.
Some companies make dedicated slide/negative scanners (they don't do prints). I picked one up at Costco, I think in 2010. I just finished up some old negatives last week.
May 19, 2023 23:17:29 #
JBuckley wrote:
Can the newer Canon scanners copy and download 35 mm color slides to digital?
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
Many opinions.
I use and far prefer a flatbed scanner that does slides.
I can a bunch at a time without messing with each slode.
As it scans I get the next batch loaded and watch TV.
No problem.
May 19, 2023 23:20:35 #
If you want to use a scanner, look at the Epson V600 or V850. The come with slide and negative holders.
Search here and you should find lots of discussions about slide scanning. Many prefer to find methods and devices that allow you to take picture of your slides with you camera.
One choice is the Nikon slide holder that attaches to macro lenses with adapter rings.
Search here and you should find lots of discussions about slide scanning. Many prefer to find methods and devices that allow you to take picture of your slides with you camera.
One choice is the Nikon slide holder that attaches to macro lenses with adapter rings.
May 20, 2023 00:20:00 #
smussler
Loc: Land O Lakes, FL - Formerly Miller Place, NY
bsprague wrote:
If you want to use a scanner, look at the Epson V600 or V850. The come with slide and negative holders.
Search here and you should find lots of discussions about slide scanning. Many prefer to find methods and devices that allow you to take picture of your slides with you camera.
One choice is the Nikon slide holder that attaches to macro lenses with adapter rings.
Search here and you should find lots of discussions about slide scanning. Many prefer to find methods and devices that allow you to take picture of your slides with you camera.
One choice is the Nikon slide holder that attaches to macro lenses with adapter rings.
Works well for me. No adapter ring needed for my camera/Macro lens combination.
May 20, 2023 04:02:07 #
JBuckley wrote:
Can the newer Canon scanners copy and download 35 mm color slides to digital?
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
Not sure what Canon product you are referring to but you can Scan Slide, Negatives, and Prints with Epson Scanners. An Epson V600, V700 series can do the job at a reasonable price. The V850 is a professional model that will do the job too. I own both an Epson V500 (no longer made) and a pricy Epson V850.
May 20, 2023 08:43:28 #
Schoee
Loc: Europe
JBuckley wrote:
Can the newer Canon scanners copy and download 35 mm color slides to digital?
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
I have done this using Epson V550 Photo scanner. A bit slow but good result. Color correction works well but otherwise would not use the automatic functions as for example, dirt removal can remove small items like buttons. I recommend you scan to TIFF as you can then edit losslessly and produce a JPG when finally edited. I think i used 4800 dpi for scanning which gives approx 6000 x 4000 for a slide. The files are huge as TIFF but storage is cheap. The final JPG will of course be normal file size. Clean you slides before scanning. You can use PEC-12. Good luck
May 20, 2023 09:12:58 #
MrMophoto
Loc: Rhode Island "The biggest little"
When I decided to digitize all my old film images I did some research and purchased an Epson V600, IMHO a great scanner. I scanned all my 35mm B&W negs with no problem at all. I scanned a lot of slides with very little problems, it has a back light feature that works great. The only issue I had was scanning my 2 1/4" square negs ( for a while I used a Mamyaflex), I had to scan these one at a time.
May 20, 2023 09:16:52 #
MrMophoto wrote:
When I decided to digitize all my old film images I did some research and purchased an Epson V600, IMHO a great scanner. I scanned all my 35mm B&W negs with no problem at all. I scanned a lot of slides with very little problems, it has a back light feature that works great. The only issue I had was scanning my 2 1/4" square negs ( for a while I used a Mamyaflex), I had to scan these one at a time.
May 20, 2023 09:17:24 #
May 20, 2023 09:18:15 #
bsprague wrote:
If you want to use a scanner, look at the Epson V600 or V850. The come with slide and negative holders.
Search here and you should find lots of discussions about slide scanning. Many prefer to find methods and devices that allow you to take picture of your slides with you camera.
One choice is the Nikon slide holder that attaches to macro lenses with adapter rings.
Search here and you should find lots of discussions about slide scanning. Many prefer to find methods and devices that allow you to take picture of your slides with you camera.
One choice is the Nikon slide holder that attaches to macro lenses with adapter rings.
May 20, 2023 10:05:00 #
JBuckley wrote:
Can the newer Canon scanners copy and download 35 mm color slides to digital?
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
I have a slide holder for my Epson scanner, but I've never used it. I used ScanCafe (I think). They clean the slides and correct the redshift. Then, they let you delete some of them when they're finished. They send you a file with all the images while a CD or DVD is on the way to you.
May 20, 2023 10:13:56 #
DaveyDitzer
Loc: Western PA
JBuckley wrote:
Can the newer Canon scanners copy and download 35 mm color slides to digital?
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
It might seem complicated but I use a slide holder with a macro lens and an LED light source to provide a constant light temperature. I shoot RAW and jpeg and then PP the RAW if corrections are needed.
May 20, 2023 10:22:49 #
JBuckley wrote:
Can the newer Canon scanners copy and download 35 mm color slides to digital?
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
Or, is it best to turn them into a photo lab.
I have nearly a 1,000 to digitize before they start to decay.
Any help or advice will be appreciated.
I have a CanoScan 9500 scanner. It has a fixture that holds four slides for scanning. It’s not very fast, so if I was to do 1,000 slides, I’d consider sending them out to a service.
May 20, 2023 10:41:13 #
Several years ago, I got a great deal on an Epson V850, and it does a great job on transparencies and film.
The native software is good, but I've found that the algorithms vary a bit from scanning software, to scanning software. For instances, even though Fuji and Kodak Ektachrome are both E-6, there are some differences between the algorithms for Epson and Silverfast, e.g. It took a bit, but I finally got the results I wanted.
BTW - Even with a bit of deterioration, you can still get fantastic results in post-production using Affinity, Adobe, etc.
The native software is good, but I've found that the algorithms vary a bit from scanning software, to scanning software. For instances, even though Fuji and Kodak Ektachrome are both E-6, there are some differences between the algorithms for Epson and Silverfast, e.g. It took a bit, but I finally got the results I wanted.
BTW - Even with a bit of deterioration, you can still get fantastic results in post-production using Affinity, Adobe, etc.
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