How to digitize slides?
Feb 25, 2024 18:38:34 #
Chris63
Loc: Central WI
I have about 1000 slides I'd like to digitize.
Is there a smartphone app for that, which would offer decent quality and not be too expensive?
I'd rather not spend hundreds of $$ on a scanner.
Thanks
Is there a smartphone app for that, which would offer decent quality and not be too expensive?
I'd rather not spend hundreds of $$ on a scanner.
Thanks
Feb 25, 2024 19:35:51 #
Feb 25, 2024 20:20:44 #
Chris63 wrote:
I have about 1000 slides I'd like to digitize.
Is there a smartphone app for that, which would offer decent quality and not be too expensive?
I'd rather not spend hundreds of $$ on a scanner.
Thanks
Is there a smartphone app for that, which would offer decent quality and not be too expensive?
I'd rather not spend hundreds of $$ on a scanner.
Thanks
Shown here phones have the imaging power, so youll just need a tripod clip for the phone, and some sort of small home made light box.
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Feb 25, 2024 20:39:00 #
Chris63 wrote:
I have about 1000 slides I'd like to digitize.
Is there a smartphone app for that, which would offer decent quality and not be too expensive?
I'd rather not spend hundreds of $$ on a scanner.
Thanks
Is there a smartphone app for that, which would offer decent quality and not be too expensive?
I'd rather not spend hundreds of $$ on a scanner.
Thanks
I am not sure you have the patience.
Feb 25, 2024 23:05:05 #
Orphoto
Loc: Oregon
If you have a macro lens or extensions tubes, just take a digital image of the slide.
Feb 26, 2024 06:12:03 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Chris63 wrote:
I have about 1000 slides I'd like to digitize.
Is there a smartphone app for that, which would offer decent quality and not be too expensive?
I'd rather not spend hundreds of $$ on a scanner.
Thanks
Is there a smartphone app for that, which would offer decent quality and not be too expensive?
I'd rather not spend hundreds of $$ on a scanner.
Thanks
use a scanner
Feb 26, 2024 06:16:48 #
To do a slide save the file and name it, and be ready for the next perhaps 1 minute x 1000 = ~17 hours of joyous fun.
@ 43 cents each:
https://nostalgicmedia.com/pages/landing-slides?
@ 43 cents each:
https://nostalgicmedia.com/pages/landing-slides?
Feb 26, 2024 09:57:54 #
Orphoto wrote:
If you have a macro lens or extensions tubes, just take a digital image of the slide.
How are you going to adapt that to a phone ?
Feb 26, 2024 09:59:28 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
If yo want to print the results, use a scanner or a DSLR setup so you can get a high resolution product.
Feb 26, 2024 10:04:01 #
DaveyDitzer
Loc: Western PA
Chris63 wrote:
I have about 1000 slides I'd like to digitize.
Is there a smartphone app for that, which would offer decent quality and not be too expensive?
I'd rather not spend hundreds of $$ on a scanner.
Thanks
Is there a smartphone app for that, which would offer decent quality and not be too expensive?
I'd rather not spend hundreds of $$ on a scanner.
Thanks
If you have a macro lens, the a screw-in slide holder can work to digitize and then send to your smartphone
Feb 26, 2024 10:08:50 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
You could rent a scanner or uy one and put it on the used market when you’re done.
Feb 26, 2024 10:08:57 #
gvarner wrote:
If yo want to print the results, use a scanner or a DSLR setup so you can get a high resolution product.
Youre reading things into the question. You think quality high rez prints are a goal ?
I can also read into the question as well. A Hawgster with 1000 amatuer slides on hand has nothing worthy of hiqh rez digitizing. Its all personal memories to make digital slide shows for family events. A phone is perfect.
The antitechnical nature of the opening post reinforces a reading that the images on the slides are not worthy of fancy photographic efforts. A phone will be waaaaay more than fully adequate.
Feb 26, 2024 10:19:49 #
Feb 26, 2024 10:29:41 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
User ID wrote:
Youre reading things into the question. You think ... (show quote)
Obviously you missed a key word in my post - "If". The unsaid part is that if you don’t want prints with decent quality then yeh, use a smartphone.
Feb 26, 2024 10:47:35 #
I think the point is that the OP doesn't want to spend any money and he doesn't say if he owns a camera. He does say he has a smart phone. Now there must be some cropping involved but I don't know if the OP has the software to do it as I understand he wouldn't want to spend the money for software either.
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