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Anyone have good luck with slide scanning? - Go To Top - 05-07-2013
I have lots of negs, filmstrips and slides. Recently spent $250 for some scanning and it was OK. I would like to save some money. I also have a Canon MX 882 AIO. Doesn't seem to do slides,
Re: Anyone have good luck with slide scanning? - ka jowct - 05-07-2013
I'm scanning film at this very moment, but I also prefer and need to do this myself, given the number of images (thousands) and the possibility of losing them if I have to mail them somewhere. There's no denying that it is very time-consuming.
What sort of quality do you want?
Re: Anyone have good luck with slide scanning? - h linamen - 05-07-2013
Search wolverine scanners on google. Inexpensive and fast with decent image quality. The high end slide scanners take several minutes per slide. My wolverine does each slide in about 4 - 5 seconds. I was very impressed.
Re: Anyone have good luck with slide scanning? - ka jowct - 05-07-2013
I have a Plustek 8200 scanner. It scans pretty quickly, compared to my 10-year-old Polaroid Sprintscan. I'm scanning mostly at 3600 ppi, but I have gone to 7200 ppi on certain images. I can't see doing this much work to end up with low-resolution images.
It's hard to believe that the cheap ones can do a decent job at 4-5 seconds a slide. Can you post any samples?
Re: Anyone have good luck with slide scanning? - Go To Top - 05-07-2013
ka jowct wrote:
I'm scanning film at this very moment, but I also prefer and need to do this myself, given the number of images (thousands) and the possibility of losing them if I have to mail them somewhere. There's no denying that it is very time-consuming.
What sort of quality do you want?
I would need 2000 dpi. Mostly for reference. WWII spy and air photos from my dad's huge collection. Will donate to March Field Museum but want to examine first. I have a lifetime of slides I need to digitize too.
Re: Anyone have good luck with slide scanning? - thermarest - 05-07-2013
With a DSLR and a macro lens you can set up a very good 'scanning' system that is sooooo much faster than a scanner. I did about 1000 slides this way, and with a good quality 8x loupe I could not find any detail in the original slides that I couldn't find in the scans.
Here's some info on the idea:
http://www.dpbestflow.org/camera/camera-scanning
http://thedambook.com/downloads/Camera_Scanning_Krogh.pdf
Re: Anyone have good luck with slide scanning? - freeradical - 05-07-2013
Maybe an Epson V700 or 750. You can batch scan 12 slides or 24 frames of film. You can even do 4x5 sheet film.
Re: Anyone have good luck with slide scanning? - Uncle Wig - 05-07-2013
I bought a Nikon Coolscan V ED a few years ago when I learned Nikon was discontinuing their film scanners. I'm glad I did: now they go for as much as a grand on Ebay. It works great, but yes: it's time consuming.
There may be other decent film scanners on the market now (as opposed to flatbed scanners which won't do a good job on Kodachrome) but I haven't been following the market.
I think a good DSLR and a setup like Thermarest describes may well be the best way to go. It'll certainly be the fastest. Depending on the setup, I don't think you must have a macro lens, but it needs to be good and sharp, with little or no distortion.
An article about this, which deal with lens choice and resolution: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2012/01/how-to-scan-film-2.html
Here's an article about doing it with a macro lens: http://petapixel.com/2012/12/24/how-to-scan-your-film-using-a-digital-camera-and-macro-lens/
Another article with a DIY setup and a flash: http://petapixel.com/2012/05/18/how-to-scan-film-negatives-with-a-dslr/
Another article dealing with light source: http://petapixel.com/2013/04/23/build-a-better-lightbox-for-your-diy-film-scanning-by-stacking-your-glass/#more-107258
Re: Anyone have good luck with slide scanning? - ka jowct - 05-07-2013
Scanning software that can do a bit of dust and scratch removal will reduce the amount of cleanup you'll have to do after scanning.
Re: Anyone have good luck with slide scanning? - bruceko - 05-07-2013
I have an old Canon Fs4? slide and negative scanner. It used to be very slow. Canon nto long has software for it. I installed Scanvue software and it is fairly fast.