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04/27/2005 08:11:33 AM · #1 |
Hi all,
Just looking for some help. My father-in-law has several thousand slides from the 60's & 70's. I would like to help him scan these and change then to a JPG format.
What is the best scanner for achieving this? I have very no experience scanning slides. I appreciate any suggestions! |
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04/27/2005 08:32:03 AM · #2 |
I use a Canoscan 4000 and does great. But if I had it to do over I would look at the Nikon Coolscan 5000. But it goes for about $1100, $500 more than you can get a good scanner for. Make sure it has digital ice 4.
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04/27/2005 08:52:34 AM · #3 |
I use the Nikon Coolscan IV ED (W/ Digital ICE 3) and it works great. It's only USB1.1, but you should be able to find one for under $600.
The newer version (Coolscan V ED) is USB2, but I believe is closer to $1000.
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04/27/2005 09:51:56 AM · #4 |
Thanks for the ideas... I was hoping for something in the $200 range. If anyone else has experience or ideas....
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04/27/2005 10:34:29 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by aguapreta:
Thanks for the ideas... I was hoping for something in the $200 range. If anyone else has experience or ideas....
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I doubt you'll find anything of worth for that price. Scanning slides is tricky, and I haven't been able to get really good scans. I've used several supposedly "good" models. I'm waiting to afford a nice drum scanner! Yummy!
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04/27/2005 10:52:13 AM · #6 |
What about renting a good scanner for the job? If you don't need the scanner for any other projects this might be the way to go. Larger camera stores usually do rentals.
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04/27/2005 04:15:45 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
What about renting a good scanner for the job? If you don't need the scanner for any other projects this might be the way to go. Larger camera stores usually do rentals. |
Great idea... I will check into this. The one drawback is that I had hoped to scan them at a casual pace, but I can adjust:) |
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04/27/2005 04:29:15 PM · #8 |
I did a big scanning project of my grandfather's slides about two years ago using a slide adapter for a flatbed scanner (Epson). I got through about 700 of the 1600 slides. The images turned out well but the work was tedious.
At work I have the Nikon Coolscan 4000 and am really happy with the results. Yes, it's expensive but it also saves you gobs of time because it's so automated. The digital ICE does a great job of getting rid of about 75% of the dust and noise in old slides so there's less retouching. I plan to stay late a few days a week to finish up the grandpa project, it'll save me probably a dozen hours.
You might also want to check on eBay for used ones. If not, maybe buy a new one and then sell it when you're done.
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05/29/2005 11:05:40 AM · #9 |
here's an alternative to scanning or commercial processing: i did this with some old slides my folks had, and "the price was right", and the results surprising good.
take and actually project the slide on a screen, whiteboard, etc. then use your camera to take a picture of the slide. it's an easy way around buying/renting hardware, or sending the slides out for prints. it's kinda mickey-mouse, but it worked for me.
Originally posted by aguapreta:
Hi all,
Just looking for some help. My father-in-law has several thousand slides from the 60's & 70's. I would like to help him scan these and change then to a JPG format.
What is the best scanner for achieving this? I have very no experience scanning slides. I appreciate any suggestions! |
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05/29/2005 11:28:28 AM · #10 |
I have an Epson 1660 Photo that has an adaptor for the cover for scanning slides. I recently used it for some slides my mom found while spring cleaning. It worked out fairly well and was very easy to use and set-up. This scanner was around 100.00 when I got it.
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