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Topic: Slide and negative converter (Read 198 times)
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Hackstaple
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I have been looking at the specs and reviews of the various devices which can scan slides and colour negatives into digital positives. These divide into stand alone devices and flat bed scanners. I am not interested in the latter.
The cheaper ones vary between £60 and £120. Many of those appear to be labels on a generic item sold under several names. The reviews are not very flattering as to quality and speed although some reports are glowing even for devices which have other really bad reviews. Of course they may come from the manufacturer or dealer.
The next group seems more capable but are priced at £250 and upwards. I would be reluctant to pay so much since, of the thousands of old slides and negatives I have, I might only eventually convert 200 or so. At that sort of price it would be cheaper to send them out to be converted.
I would be grateful for opinions from any Rootschatters who have actually used such devices.
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Southern or Southan [Hereford , Monmouthshire & Glos], Jenkins, Meredith and Morgan [Monmouthshire and Glos.], Murrill, Damary, Damry, Ray, Lawrence [all Middx. & London], Nethway from Kenn or Yatton. Also Riley and Lyons in South Africa and Riley from St. Helena. Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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stonechat
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I have a stand alone scanner - it was about £70 and is rubbish - resolution nowhere near good enough
I do have a flat bed scanner - it's an Epson
I will scan slides, though it is rather slow - but they are not bad quality.
I have hundreds maybe thousands of old slides I would like to scan but without a machine that will scan them in good quality in bulk and fast, they wn't get done
Bob
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jc26red
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Gadget is the expert on scanning slides and film, think there are some sticky threads somewhere on here, can't find it at the moment
Several of our posters are very good at scanning slides - china being one that I can think of offhand.
I've scanned a few slides on my epson too.
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Roger The Hat
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In the past, bellows units were available for 35mm cameras for enabling ultra close-up work. They nearly all came with a clip-on bracket for copying slides direct to film, which can now be scanned easily.
If the majority of your originals are slides then this would be a far cheaper option as these bellows units can be picked up for peanuts, s/h.
Also, you may have a local camera club or society, that have members who still prefer the 35mm medium, who could copy or print up your originals. Perhaps there are some RootsChatters who might be able to do his.
From experience, these are far cheaper options than having them digitised professionally.
Roger.
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stonechat
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Yes I had a slide copying attachment for my old Canon A1
Don't use it now (the A1)
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Hackstaple
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I have a copying extension for a digital camera. It takes one slide at a time and has problems when switching from slides in thin sleeves to those in thicker sleeves. Also it cannot handle colour negatives.
Roger I don't want to print them - just to digitize them on discs.
I have a very good flat-bed scanner - just not right for what I am trying to achieve.
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Southern or Southan [Hereford , Monmouthshire & Glos], Jenkins, Meredith and Morgan [Monmouthshire and Glos.], Murrill, Damary, Damry, Ray, Lawrence [all Middx. & London], Nethway from Kenn or Yatton. Also Riley and Lyons in South Africa and Riley from St. Helena. Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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