Old Negatives, (35mm, `126 , etc...etc) Slides, Film converted to "Digital"??? (Page 3): For copying slides I set my camera on tripod beside projector...Show a slide and photograph it.

willowstick Loc: Northern Alberta,Canada

For copying slides I set my camera on tripod beside projector...Show a slide and photograph it.
I left the camera on auto focus and the results were just like new.
Only expense was SD card. Worked for me.

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

albartos wrote:

I've used two services and they both worked very well.
www.scancafe.com and digmypics.com

ScanCafe is out of India and Digmypics is in the USA

Thank you for the leads

Frank 2012 Loc: Olathe, Kansas

TriX wrote:

I have had good results with an Epson V600 scanner.

I have also had good results with the Epson V600 scanner

albartos Loc: Riverside, CA

I have used my Epson V550 scanner with excellent results but; I finally gave up as scanning numerous slides and photos just took too much time. lately, I've used a service, either DigMyPics or Scan Cafe - whichever one is running a sale. Reasonable pricing mostly and quick - 2 weeks.
Just another idea for you.

I do have a slew of 2 1/4 glass-mounted slides that I will scan myself as these services charge upwards of $2.00 per slide to scan.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

albartos wrote:

I have used my Epson V550 scanner with excellent results but; I finally gave up as scanning numerous slides and photos just took too much time. lately, I've used a service, either DigMyPics or Scan Cafe - whichever one is running a sale. Reasonable pricing mostly and quick - 2 weeks.
Just another idea for you.

I do have a slew of 2 1/4 glass-mounted slides that I will scan myself as these services charge upwards of $2.00 per slide to scan.

Another alternative is another member has (or had a week or so ago) a Nikon CoolScan slide scanner for $75 if memory serves. It would pay for itself very quickly. https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-760581-1.html

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Boone wrote:

I do my research, and I did for this topic. As som... (show quote)

When I began converting my media from film to digital, I owned a Nikon LS-30, but it didn’t last long, and it had problems with what I called “haloes” - when a light area was next to a dark area, the light area would spill over to the dark area. I tried an Epson scanner, but it also had problems with “haloes”, and spots. I then got a refurbished Nikon LS-2000, whose multi-scan mode used parallax to deal with haloes and spots, but it worked much better when newly CLAed; as time passed, looking at it with 200%, showed uneven horizontal lines - it had ‘registration’ issues. Now I’m using a Plustek 8100, and ‘fixing’ the few spots that show up at 200%.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

albartos wrote:

I have used my Epson V550 scanner with excellent results but; I finally gave up as scanning numerous slides and photos just took too much time. lately, I've used a service, either DigMyPics or Scan Cafe - whichever one is running a sale. Reasonable pricing mostly and quick - 2 weeks.
Just another idea for you.

I do have a slew of 2 1/4 glass-mounted slides that I will scan myself as these services charge upwards of $2.00 per slide to scan.

This is a zombie thread from 2019!

That said, I spent much of 2020 and 2021 working on a very effective solution to copying all my film to digital. It is attached below, as a PDF file that will open in your favorite PDF reader.

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albartos Loc: Riverside, CA

Yeah. I just noticed this was 2019. I’ll go back to sleep now. 💤💤💤😳