Bill P

I don't envy you. This is a long and tedious project.

Amadeus Loc: New York

Wow. This is a great topic: I have my own slides, 50 years old, from my days in the Army. Never knew what do do with them. Terrific information here. Thanks to all.

therwol Loc: USA

The Epson v800 can scan 12 slides at a time. I use 4800 dpi. It's much more expensive than the V600, but the v600 can only scan 4 slides at a time.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1083200-REG/epson_b11b223201_perfection_v800_photo_scanner.html/?ap=y&gclid=Cj0KEQjw8-LnBRCyxtfMl-Cbu48BEiQA6eUMGvMpcK_f8olFNoaNlgYN6FaUpm3siO-vpeay7wFE1voaAoBV8P8HAQ&lsft=BI%3A514&smp=Y

JimmyDK

I used a Nikon Cool Scan 4000ED to scan transparencies many years ago. I am ready to get back into again after many years. I previously used Windows XP with the scanner. I was wondering if there is a Windows 10 driver for this scanner or must a I start scanning again with Windows XP?

therwol Loc: USA

Vuescan will likely work with it. Of course, if you still have a working XP machine and don't connect it to the internet, you could use it. (XP hasn't gotten any new security updates in years.)

carl hervol Loc: jacksonville florida

80 mm mack lens

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Warped slide?

Dalbon

Before digital came out I shot mostly all 220mm slide film. Once I started using digital I scanned my slides with the Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 Flat Bed Scanner, which scanned at 4000 dpi, and they came out great. Since I've moved it's been packed in its box but I will soon start scanning again. Not as fast as I would like but the results were very good. I believe Nikon has stopped making these scanners.
David

BradJP Loc: Omaha, NE

Yes, depending on the model. I have the Nikon 4000 ED scanner and a few years ago found a NIB Nikon SF- 200(S) Slde Feeder on Ebay. Capacity is 50 slides, but I can routinely do 40 without jamming, assuming the slides aren't too warped or damaged.

Jim517

I bought a Nikon ES-2 film digitizing adapter to use with my Sony A7III after reading and seeing how well this works with a good macro lens. Much faster than traditional scanning. Digitizing slides this way is easy, film is a bit more work as you need to convert the negative into a positive.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

A good Epson scanner does it all negatives to positives, dust removal, color restoration and correction and quite fast if you figure in the hours that need to be spent trying to do this in PP and most likely will not be done as well as the scanner. Factor in all the hassle time the scanner is infinitely faster.

kymarto Loc: Portland OR and Milan Italy

For best quality you should use a dedicated film scanner, not a flatbed. Plustek makes some excellent film scanners with very high D max for best shadow detail and they are surprisingly inexpensive.

carl hervol Loc: jacksonville florida

just for show I knew someone would say that

therwol Loc: USA

When I'm not using my scanner, this is how I copy negatives and slides, Nikon D810, 55mm f/2.8 AF Micro lens, manually set to 1:1, focused with the enlarger crank to keep it exactly at 1:1. (It changes if you focus with the lens, and you get best results if you focus on each negative or slide separately.) The camera is hung on an Omega D2 enlarger over a light box, partially masked off. (It's a huge light box, almost blinding if not partially masked off.) The setup here is for negatives, but for slides I mount them in my scanner's slide holder and move it around the glass that sits on the light box.

My Epson scanner is much easier, especially when you consider the work to invert color negatives properly, not a trivial undertaking with a photo editor. As for quality, the camera wins, but it's a damn lot of work in comparison with the scanner, and any defects have to be removed in post processing.

Oh, and the camera is tethered to a computer that controls the shutter release. ANY vibration degrades the image. I also focus with the computer screen. The camera is in the live view mode, so there is no mirror slap.

Buy a good scanner. I'm neurotic.

(Download)


(Download)

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

Sorry for the typo ( I actually listened to the spell checker). I first wrote "partially", but that is always underlined as wrong (and it very well may be, as I'm having one of those days)!