We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide
photo slides to digital
rexel
Posts: 602 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
i have a lot of slides which i would like to transfer to digital on computor what is the best way of doing this i could then get them printed out
0
Comments
-
You can buy a dedicated side/negative scanner, or buy a conventional scanner with a slide/negative adaptor.
Examples would be.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Epson-Perfection-V300-Photo-Scanner/dp/B001H1WRG6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1257768667&sr=8-4
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plustek-OpticFilm-7200-Film-Scanner/dp/B0002USNQG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1257768731&sr=8-1That gum you like is coming back in style.0 -
I don't know what other peoples experiences of flatbed slide scanners are, but I have the Plustek 7200, and it seems like a lot of work is required to get good results.
It takes around 2 hours to scan 40 slides. The included silverfast software seems to be the main culprit here, it doesn't do a very good job of automatically giving an optimum scan, and several parameters have to be adjusted manually to get the baest out of a slide.
Vuescan, which is available to buy seperately, supports this scanner and does a much better job of automatic settings.
Alternatively, you can scan the slide as a 24 bit TIFF (effectively a RAW file) and do all the adjustments in Photoshop, this also gives very good results but obviously takes longer.
Incidentally, it does give good results with colour and B+W negatives right out of the box, it's just slides it struggles with.Out on blue six..
It's Chips and Jackets, Peas and Trousers.0 -
Nikon Coolscan is the kiddie you want. Just google and check your bank balance, does a fast and good job.0
-
i was lloking to spend around £100 to £150 what would you recomend0
-
You might like to have a look at
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=105074
I have never used one of these so cannot recommend it personally but could be OK for what you want.0 -
Flat bed scanners to produce slide scans from 35mm negs are a complete waste of time, the only way to get good quality is use a dedicated slide scanner, as per totalsolutions above, a Nikon Coolscan or Canon Canoscan, but they are well over your budget, see if there are some on eBay.
Else, depending on the quantity, take them to a good pre-press bureau and get them drum scanned and burned onto CD.0 -
The problem with giving the negatives to someone else to scan (and I would never scan prints, because any blemishes are just repeated/exaggerated), is that you do not know what resolution they will be scanned at. When you have a photo CD along with a processed film and prints, look at the woeful images the CD produces, when enlarged on a monitor. The reason for the low resolution is time and money, it takes a long time to scan at high resolution.
The Nikon and Canon models are great, but I think £150 should bring the good Epson models in budget.
Go on one of the photography forums - "Talk photography", is a good one, and look at the "film" section. More and more people (including myself), are wanting to transfer the best negatives/transparencies to digital format.
Good luck,
Andy0 -
This is what you need:
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=epson+photo+scanners&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=12410145310568427876&ei=tIn5SqGQO4XS4QalntC3Cw&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCcQ8wIwBQ&os=reviews#
Epson Perfection V500, it seems to tick all the boxes.0 -
(and I would never scan prints, because any blemishes are just repeated/exaggerated)
Que ?
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=26708337&highlight=#post267083370
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
Categories
- All Categories
- 354.1K Banking & Borrowing
- 254.3K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 455.3K Spending & Discounts
- 247.1K Work, Benefits & Business
- 603.7K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 178.3K Life & Family
- 261.2K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.7K Read-Only Boards