qyestion on converting old 35mm slides to jpeg files.....

I have a collection of old 35mm slides that I want to start
converting to digital jpeg files...What's my best bet on
doing this? I see a varaity of options and prices for
converters and services that do this type of work...What
are the opinions and ideas out there on price and quality?

Thanx !!!!

"~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:
I have a collection of old 35mm slides that I want to start
converting to digital jpeg files...What's my best bet on
doing this?

IMHO, the best would be the Nikon Coolscan 5000, with the Nikon Coolscan V a
very close second. (Actually, the cheaper "V" is perfectly adequate unless
you need the features of the "5000".)

I see a varaity of options and prices for
converters and services that do this type of work...What
are the opinions and ideas out there on price and quality?

It's hard work and takes a lot of skill. There's a learning curve. I found
it fun and worth the effort. YMMV, as they say.

Also, it depends on how good your slides are, and what you want. If your
slides are very good and you'd like to make 11x14s or 12x18" prints from the
better ones, the Nikon scanners are the right idea.

If you just have family snaps and only want 4x6" prints, then any of the
Epson 4800 ppi scanners that does slides will be fine.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

thank you David....





On Oct 19, 8:03 am, "David J. Littleboy" wrote:
"~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:

I have a collection of old 35mm slides that I want to start
converting to digital jpeg files...What's my best bet on
doing this?

IMHO, the best would be the Nikon Coolscan 5000, with the Nikon Coolscan V a
very close second. (Actually, the cheaper "V" is perfectly adequate unless
you need the features of the "5000".)

I see a varaity of options and prices for
converters and services that do this type of work...What
are the opinions and ideas out there on price and quality?

It's hard work and takes a lot of skill. There's a learning curve. I found
it fun and worth the effort. YMMV, as they say.

Also, it depends on how good your slides are, and what you want. If your
slides are very good and you'd like to make 11x14s or 12x18" prints from the
better ones, the Nikon scanners are the right idea.

If you just have family snaps and only want 4x6" prints, then any of the
Epson 4800 ppi scanners that does slides will be fine.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

David...aprox what is the $ investment in equipment...And, at what
point does it make since to buy the gear vs. have someone do
the conversion for me?...thanx......



On Oct 19, 8:06 am, ~^ beancounter ~^ wrote:
thank you David....

On Oct 19, 8:03 am, "David J. Littleboy" wrote:



"~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:

I have a collection of old 35mm slides that I want to start
converting to digital jpeg files...What's my best bet on
doing this?

IMHO, the best would be the Nikon Coolscan 5000, with the Nikon Coolscan V a
very close second. (Actually, the cheaper "V" is perfectly adequate unless
you need the features of the "5000".)

I see a varaity of options and prices for
converters and services that do this type of work...What
are the opinions and ideas out there on price and quality?

It's hard work and takes a lot of skill. There's a learning curve. I found
it fun and worth the effort. YMMV, as they say.

Also, it depends on how good your slides are, and what you want. If your
slides are very good and you'd like to make 11x14s or 12x18" prints from the
better ones, the Nikon scanners are the right idea.

If you just have family snaps and only want 4x6" prints, then any of the
Epson 4800 ppi scanners that does slides will be fine.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan- Hide quoted text -

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"~^ beancounter ~^" wrote in message
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David...aprox what is the $ investment in equipment...And, at what
point does it make since to buy the gear vs. have someone do
the conversion for me?...thanx......



Check out ebay.
Then when you are finished sell again on ebay.
Getting someone else to do it is expensive and you learn nothing from the
exercise.
Gerrit

"~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:

David...aprox what is the $ investment in equipment...And, at what
point does it make since to buy the gear vs. have someone do
the conversion for me?...thanx......

You'll have to check prices in your area. Pro scanning here is insanely
expensive.

First, check out http://www.scantips.com/

What I did (and recommend) is starting out on a cheap Epson flatbed. Make
sure it has ICE, and is 4800 ppi. The Epson scanners are _much_ worse than
their specs would have one believe. 4800ppi isn't much over 1800 ppi, but
it's enough to get an idea of what's going on. And make at least decent
5x7s.

After you have an idea of the limitations, have a couple of your sharpest
slides scanned by a local pro shop. Then decide if you want to spend the
money on a Nikon scanner.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:42:05 -0700, ~^ beancounter ~^ wrote:

I have a collection of old 35mm slides that I want to start
converting to digital jpeg files...What's my best bet on
doing this? I see a varaity of options and prices for
converters and services that do this type of work...What
are the opinions and ideas out there on price and quality?

Thanx !!!!

Doing them yourself will be very time consuming with any affordable
hardware. How many slides and how much time do you have?

cool...thanx for the info...so, the "ppi" count is the
quality I will be able to reach once I start to make prints
from jpeg's, ea?......Is this the measuremant I should
focus on while shopping for hardware or someone to
do this project for me?....thanx !!


On Oct 19, 8:21 am, "David J. Littleboy" wrote:
"~^ beancounter ~^" wrote:

David...aprox what is the $ investment in equipment...And, at what
point does it make since to buy the gear vs. have someone do
the conversion for me?...thanx......

You'll have to check prices in your area. Pro scanning here is insanely
expensive.

First, check outhttp://www.scantips.com/

What I did (and recommend) is starting out on a cheap Epson flatbed. Make
sure it has ICE, and is 4800 ppi. The Epson scanners are _much_ worse than
their specs would have one believe. 4800ppi isn't much over 1800 ppi, but
it's enough to get an idea of what's going on. And make at least decent
5x7s.

After you have an idea of the limitations, have a couple of your sharpest
slides scanned by a local pro shop. Then decide if you want to spend the
money on a Nikon scanner.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

" Doing them yourself will be very time consuming with any affordable
hardware. How many slides and how much time do you have? "


I have aprox 500 slides.....no real time limit....i guess...i saw
someone
state it took 30 min per slide on a nikon scanner to do a high quality
scan....that seems a bit long.....







On Oct 19, 9:28 am, ray wrote:
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:42:05 -0700, ~^ beancounter ~^ wrote:
I have a collection of old 35mm slides that I want to start
converting to digital jpeg files...What's my best bet on
doing this? I see a varaity of options and prices for
converters and services that do this type of work...What
are the opinions and ideas out there on price and quality?

Thanx !!!!

Doing them yourself will be very time consuming with any affordable
hardware. How many slides and how much time do you have?

~^ beancounter ~^ wrote:

I have aprox 500 slides.....no real time limit....i guess...i saw
someone
state it took 30 min per slide on a nikon scanner to do a high quality
scan....that seems a bit long.....



Not at all! The scanner alone can;t do it ... you have to manually
fix some things. I recommend a trip to a carpal tunnel specialist
before deciding to embark on this project: just the Photoshop
Band-Aid tool alone will have you needing medical care.

Doug McDonald