Anyone know this film/slide scanner?

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

08/13/2008 10:17:33 PM · #1

A flyer came with the Sears catalogue offering the same deal as this.
Has anyone had experience with this one? Or can you tell me if it looks at all worthwhile?

I have boxes and boxes of my parents' negatives and slides and I'd like to scan them, stick 'em up on photobucket or the like, and let the family go through them and pick out anything they'd like, then I'd make CD's for them. Would that be feasible with this unit?

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

08/13/2008 10:39:21 PM · #2

Don't go there. It's essentially a cheap 5.0Mpx digicam sensor with a single-element lens to project an image of the slide onto the sensor.

ETA: How many slides do you have that need to be digitized?

Message edited by author 2008-08-13 22:39:46.

Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon

08/13/2008 11:24:04 PM · #3

Thanks, Kirbic. I was wondering how good it could be at that price...

Well, there are none I NEED digitized, but there are hundreds, if not thousands, that I'd LIKE to do :) My parents pretty much shot slide from the 50's to the 70's...

dsterner

Canon EOS-40D

08/13/2008 11:26:39 PM · #4

I am reading this with interest - I do genealogy as a hobby

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

08/13/2008 11:28:57 PM · #5

Originally posted by BeeCee:

Oh, yeh, you have the same situation that I had a few years ago. My Dad shot 35mm film from the 1940s through the early 1990s. His "family slide show" comprised about 3500 slides. They are all digitized now, but it took four years of off-and-on effort. I started with a film scanner (Nikon LS-30) and finished with a modified Vivitar "slide duplicator" from the '60s mounted to my Canon 10D and 100mm Macro lens.
The issue with the old slides is that the emulsion will not last forever. At a minimum, go through and figure out the ones that you really don't want to lose, and have those scanned.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

08/13/2008 11:53:24 PM · #6

Yeah, that's my first project once I get everything unpacked and organised in the new house. Thanks for your advice, I reallllly appreciate it :D

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

08/14/2008 12:14:29 AM · #7

Costco will scan negatives to CD -- up to 40 images for $2.99, including the archival CD. Their scans yield the equivalent of a 6MP image, suitable for printing 8x10 (or larger). Scanning mounted slides is a bit more expensive (19 cents/each?), but still worth it to me, and I'm an extremely ~~cheap~~ frugal person. If you are a member, I'd try that route with a batch or two first, before investing in a scanner, calibration, etc.

Otherwise, get a scanner dedicated to negatives/transparencies -- I think they work better than those which are combined in a flatbed (print) scanner.

08/14/2008 01:14:20 AM · #8

Originally posted by dsterner:

I am reading this with interest - I do genealogy as a hobby

Deb, then you'll probably appreciate this;

After the Calgary GTG I took a day to visit my 97-yr-old uncle. He was married to my mom's sister, who died last year, the last of their generation.

My cousin hauled out a box of OLD photos my aunt had had, hoping I'd be able to identify some that they couldn't. In it were photos taken in Stanley Park, Vancouver, in 1912, of "some cowboys visiting Vancouver after the Calgary Stampede".

One of the cowboys was my grandfather who had left his wife and 6 children when my mother was a baby. She only saw him once after that and wanted no contact with him, though some of her older sisters stayed in contact.

I don't remember ever ever seeing a photo of him, and I knew almost nothing of him, so it was fascinating to come across these. I took a few shots with my camera and they came out pretty good, thank goodness.