10k slides? That will take months... 50 per day - 250 per week - 1000 per month - almost a year of nearly full time scanning. I’d go nuts. Send them to scancafe.com.
I scanned over 500 slides with the Epson Perfection V600 and was very happy with the results.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-448681-1.htmlHave a look at the above link for the slide copier I made and use. It works great and is pretty fast. No consumer scanner will beat the sensor in your camera. Also they can be shot in raw allowing you full editing options. Camera is a D7100 with a 28-105mm Nikor in the macro mode.
I have used an Epson Perfection V700 Photo scanner for years. I have, however, replaced the Epson scanning software with
Hamrick VueScan 9 Professional Edition. I has a 35mm slide holder where you can scan 12 slides at once.
There is a newer model, the V800 ($1,100 CDN), but there are many reviews of the V700 scanner online with specifications.
It can do 48 bit RGB, with archival quality at 6400 pixels, maximum OPTICAL resolution. You could possibly find one used.
Hope this helps.
I also often use a light box and one of my 5d's, especially if the slide is damaged at all. I use the same system to copy old glass images, anything "transparent" actually. For damaged originals it saves a huge amount of time in repairing the image.
That's pretty nice. I've used an extension bellows with slide/film attachment in much the same way, but for limited slides. The vast majority were scanned using an Epson scanner.
The dichotomy here is copying thousands of slides with a digital camera and the concern people have over the number of shutter clicks.
--Bob
brent46 wrote:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-448681-1.html
Have a look at the above link for the slide copier I made and use. It works great and is pretty fast. No consumer scanner will beat the sensor in your camera. Also they can be shot in raw allowing you full editing options. Camera is a D7100 with a 28-105mm Nikor in the macro mode.
I've used Scan Café in the past with great results if you have patience (that's how you get the price). Check it out:
https://www.scancafe.com/
I have one of the Coolscans that I treasure. I've been told that nothing comes close to it in quality. I know I get really good scans.
Depending on what you intend to do with the scans, what you need in a scan varies. If you want to print large (20x30 and up) prints, then an excellent scanner is needed. Frankly, I think I'd severely cull and send them out to be done. If you simply want to preserve the digitally, post them on social media, etc., then smaller scans will do.
rmalarz wrote:
That's pretty nice. I've used an extension bellows with slide/film attachment in much the same way, but for limited slides. The vast majority were scanned using an Epson scanner.
The dichotomy here is copying thousands of slides with a digital camera and the concern people have over the number of shutter clicks.
--Bob
Shutter clicks I sort of understand but i may have passed that a year or two ago on my D7200's. Does it actually mean my shutter will fall apart when it gets to maximum shutter clicks? Back in 35mm days I never heard anything about maximum shutter clicks ever. Why in digital do we hear it a lot now? Is Nikon making cameras with inferior parts?
AZNikon wrote:
I've used Scan Café in the past with great results if you have patience (that's how you get the price). Check it out:
https://www.scancafe.com/Similar experience. Their turn around is not very fast (30-45 days?). However, the quality is excellent.
The only dedicated Film scanner I know of is the Plusteck 8200iAi. I have worn out a Nikon ls 4000 and a Nikon Coolscan 4. Could not get them repaired in the UK as no spares are available. I had to buy the German manufactured Plustech as I still have about 15000 transparencies to Scan. It is run wih Silverfast software which takes a little bit of a learning curve but the results are excellent
Always looking for a good reason to drink.
Bob,
I also have a Epson 3200 flatbed scanner. Any suggestions for software using Windows 7?
Thanks,
Ron
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