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Slide scanning questions
I have a substantial number (240) of slides from 30 years ago that I need to
scan. I have a Coolscan III, which produces beautiful scans but takes 1 minute per slide. I figure I can average 40 slides per hour scanned, processed, and saved with meaningful names. That means it's a 6-hour project. I also have the slide copying adapter for my Coolpix 990, but have not been satisfied with the quality. My questions: (1) Can someone recommend a commercial slide scanning service that can accept slides in Carousel trays and return them to me in the same trays (in the same positions)? (2) Are newer slide scanners faster? Something equal to the Coolscan III in quality but 3 times faster would be very welcome. BTW, these are relatively casual snapshots and 900 dpi scans are sufficient. I'm more concerned about exposure metering and automatic dust and spot removal. Automatic compensation for fading cyan dyes (E-4) would be very welcome. Many thanks! -- Clear skies, Michael A. Covington Author, Astrophotography for the Amateur www.covingtoninnovations.com/astromenu.html |
On 2004-09-26 16:32:29 -0400, "Michael A. Covington"
said: I have a substantial number (240) of slides from 30 years ago that I need to scan. I have a Coolscan III, which produces beautiful scans but takes 1 minute per slide. I figure I can average 40 slides per hour scanned, processed, and saved with meaningful names. That means it's a 6-hour project. I also have the slide copying adapter for my Coolpix 990, but have not been satisfied with the quality. My questions: (1) Can someone recommend a commercial slide scanning service that can accept slides in Carousel trays and return them to me in the same trays (in the same positions)? (2) Are newer slide scanners faster? Something equal to the Coolscan III in quality but 3 times faster would be very welcome. BTW, these are relatively casual snapshots and 900 dpi scans are sufficient. I'm more concerned about exposure metering and automatic dust and spot removal. Automatic compensation for fading cyan dyes (E-4) would be very welcome. Many thanks! If you are satisfied with the scan quality, it seems to me that 6 hours is not a lot to invest. -- Michael Weinstein | "Those who cannot remember the Nashua, NH | past are condemned to repeat it." -George Santayana |
On 2004-09-26 16:32:29 -0400, "Michael A. Covington"
said: I have a substantial number (240) of slides from 30 years ago that I need to scan. I have a Coolscan III, which produces beautiful scans but takes 1 minute per slide. I figure I can average 40 slides per hour scanned, processed, and saved with meaningful names. That means it's a 6-hour project. I also have the slide copying adapter for my Coolpix 990, but have not been satisfied with the quality. My questions: (1) Can someone recommend a commercial slide scanning service that can accept slides in Carousel trays and return them to me in the same trays (in the same positions)? (2) Are newer slide scanners faster? Something equal to the Coolscan III in quality but 3 times faster would be very welcome. BTW, these are relatively casual snapshots and 900 dpi scans are sufficient. I'm more concerned about exposure metering and automatic dust and spot removal. Automatic compensation for fading cyan dyes (E-4) would be very welcome. Many thanks! If you are satisfied with the scan quality, it seems to me that 6 hours is not a lot to invest. -- Michael Weinstein | "Those who cannot remember the Nashua, NH | past are condemned to repeat it." -George Santayana |
Michael A. Covington wrote:
I have a substantial number (240) of slides from 30 years ago that I need to scan. I have a Coolscan III, which produces beautiful scans but takes 1 minute per slide. I figure I can average 40 slides per hour scanned, processed, and saved with meaningful names. That means it's a 6-hour project. I also have the slide copying adapter for my Coolpix 990, but have not been satisfied with the quality. My questions: (1) Can someone recommend a commercial slide scanning service that can accept slides in Carousel trays and return them to me in the same trays (in the same positions)? (2) Are newer slide scanners faster? Something equal to the Coolscan III in quality but 3 times faster would be very welcome. BTW, these are relatively casual snapshots and 900 dpi scans are sufficient. I'm more concerned about exposure metering and automatic dust and spot removal. Automatic compensation for fading cyan dyes (E-4) would be very welcome. My Epson 4870 (flatbed )will do four or five slides at a time, comes with Digital Ice and plenty of compensating tools. I've no experience at using it for those purposes, but they are there, and must be of some use in lowering your time investment. -- Frank ess |
Michael A. Covington wrote:
I have a substantial number (240) of slides from 30 years ago that I need to scan. I have a Coolscan III, which produces beautiful scans but takes 1 minute per slide. I figure I can average 40 slides per hour scanned, processed, and saved with meaningful names. That means it's a 6-hour project. I also have the slide copying adapter for my Coolpix 990, but have not been satisfied with the quality. My questions: (1) Can someone recommend a commercial slide scanning service that can accept slides in Carousel trays and return them to me in the same trays (in the same positions)? (2) Are newer slide scanners faster? Something equal to the Coolscan III in quality but 3 times faster would be very welcome. BTW, these are relatively casual snapshots and 900 dpi scans are sufficient. I'm more concerned about exposure metering and automatic dust and spot removal. Automatic compensation for fading cyan dyes (E-4) would be very welcome. My Epson 4870 (flatbed )will do four or five slides at a time, comes with Digital Ice and plenty of compensating tools. I've no experience at using it for those purposes, but they are there, and must be of some use in lowering your time investment. -- Frank ess |
"Michael A. Covington" wrote in message ... I have a substantial number (240) of slides from 30 years ago that I need to scan. I have a Coolscan III, which produces beautiful scans but takes 1 minute per slide. I figure I can average 40 slides per hour scanned, processed, and saved with meaningful names. That means it's a 6-hour project. I also have the slide copying adapter for my Coolpix 990, but have not been satisfied with the quality. My questions: (1) Can someone recommend a commercial slide scanning service that can accept slides in Carousel trays and return them to me in the same trays (in the same positions)? So you'd rather spend those same 6 hours... Finding a service... Driving to that service... Paying your money for questionable quality results at that service... Waiting... Driving back to pick them up... -And whatever other messing around you'll inevitably do... Seems to me 6 hours isn't all too bad after all! :) |
"Michael A. Covington" wrote in message ... I have a substantial number (240) of slides from 30 years ago that I need to scan. I have a Coolscan III, which produces beautiful scans but takes 1 minute per slide. I figure I can average 40 slides per hour scanned, processed, and saved with meaningful names. That means it's a 6-hour project. I also have the slide copying adapter for my Coolpix 990, but have not been satisfied with the quality. My questions: (1) Can someone recommend a commercial slide scanning service that can accept slides in Carousel trays and return them to me in the same trays (in the same positions)? So you'd rather spend those same 6 hours... Finding a service... Driving to that service... Paying your money for questionable quality results at that service... Waiting... Driving back to pick them up... -And whatever other messing around you'll inevitably do... Seems to me 6 hours isn't all too bad after all! :) |
"Michael A. Covington" wrote in message ... I have a substantial number (240) of slides from 30 years ago that I need to scan. I have a Coolscan III, which produces beautiful scans but takes 1 minute per slide. I figure I can average 40 slides per hour scanned, processed, and saved with meaningful names. That means it's a 6-hour project. I also have the slide copying adapter for my Coolpix 990, but have not been satisfied with the quality. My questions: (1) Can someone recommend a commercial slide scanning service that can accept slides in Carousel trays and return them to me in the same trays (in the same positions)? So you'd rather spend those same 6 hours... Finding a service... Driving to that service... Paying your money for questionable quality results at that service... Waiting... Driving back to pick them up... -And whatever other messing around you'll inevitably do... Seems to me 6 hours isn't all too bad after all! :) |
"Mark M" wrote in message news:ceG5d.337999$Oi.243969@fed1read04... Seems to me 6 hours isn't all too bad after all! :) That's about what I've concluded, because on each slide, I can do about 1 minute of scanning and 1 minute of image processing (my way), and save it with a suitable name. That works out to 2 minutes per slide (or more)... a fairly lengthy project... but high quality. |
"Mark M" wrote in message news:ceG5d.337999$Oi.243969@fed1read04... Seems to me 6 hours isn't all too bad after all! :) That's about what I've concluded, because on each slide, I can do about 1 minute of scanning and 1 minute of image processing (my way), and save it with a suitable name. That works out to 2 minutes per slide (or more)... a fairly lengthy project... but high quality. |
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