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35mm slide and negative scanning - UK?
Any recommendations please for bulk scanning services in the UK?
These are family snaps - not high quality but worth a lot in sentimental value and it's time to move them to digital for long term preservation and accessibility. So I'm looking for a good price/quality balance as these are not pro quality films. But I would like dust/dirt issues to be minimised as far as possible. Home scanning might be an option if more cost effective - but I don't know of what is currently a decent scanner. I'd like the IR channel feature that I had in an old Nikon ICE Coolscan I used a long time ago as it was pretty good at removing dirt/dust visually. Many thanks for any advice Tim |
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35mm slide and negative scanning - UK?
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wrote: Any recommendations please for bulk scanning services in the UK? These are family snaps - not high quality but worth a lot in sentimental value and it's time to move them to digital for long term preservation and accessibility. So I'm looking for a good price/quality balance as these are not pro quality films. But I would like dust/dirt issues to be minimised as far as possible. Home scanning might be an option if more cost effective - but I don't know of what is currently a decent scanner. I'd like the IR channel feature that I had in an old Nikon ICE Coolscan I used a long time ago as it was pretty good at removing dirt/dust visually. scanning is very cost effective, but not very time effective. buy a used scanner, ideally a nikon coolscan, scan your stuff, then resell it to the next person who has some film to scan for roughly what your paid. the net cost will be negligible, maybe even a small profit. on the other hand, scanning takes a lot of time. what's *that* worth to you? |
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35mm slide and negative scanning - UK?
On 31/07/18 14:20, nospam wrote:
In article , Tim Watts wrote: Any recommendations please for bulk scanning services in the UK? These are family snaps - not high quality but worth a lot in sentimental value and it's time to move them to digital for long term preservation and accessibility. So I'm looking for a good price/quality balance as these are not pro quality films. But I would like dust/dirt issues to be minimised as far as possible. Home scanning might be an option if more cost effective - but I don't know of what is currently a decent scanner. I'd like the IR channel feature that I had in an old Nikon ICE Coolscan I used a long time ago as it was pretty good at removing dirt/dust visually. scanning is very cost effective, but not very time effective. buy a used scanner, ideally a nikon coolscan, scan your stuff, then resell it to the next person who has some film to scan for roughly what your paid. the net cost will be negligible, maybe even a small profit. on the other hand, scanning takes a lot of time. what's *that* worth to you? Good question... If the scanner is decent and maybe takes a magazine bar that holds a few and batch scans them (or a strip of 5-6 negs) *and* if it can get a decent RAW scan on consistent settings so I can whack them through and polish the files at leisure *then* self scan's a pretty good option. If I literally have to fiddle with every file there and then scanning a preview then a final, it will take forever Good idea about buying a 2nd hand unit... Cheers for that! |
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35mm slide and negative scanning - UK?
On 31/07/18 14:27, Tim Watts wrote:
If the scanner is decent and maybe takes a magazine bar that holds a few and batch scans them (or a strip of 5-6 negs) *and* if it can get a decent RAW scan on consistent settings so I can whack them through and polish the files at leisure *then* self scan's a pretty good option. Looking like a 2nd hand: Nikon CoolScan IV ED is the only one in my price bracket. Anyone had any experience of that particular model? Cheers, Tim |
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35mm slide and negative scanning - UK?
On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 14:49:11 +0100, Tim Watts
wrote: Looking like a 2nd hand: Nikon CoolScan IV ED is the only one in my price bracket. Anyone had any experience of that particular model? I have had one for a long time, ever since they came out. It's excellent for this purpose. Comes with a semi-automated holder that feeds in a strip of 5 negatives. You need to scan each manually, but it speeds up the loading and pre-scan (to see what it is). Also has another manual holder that will hold negatives or slides. Either a strip or individual negs. In both cases, the scanning of negatives WILL take a lot of time. However, the results will be the best you can get out of such sources. |
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35mm slide and negative scanning - UK?
On 07/31/2018 03:33 AM, Tim Watts wrote:
Any recommendations please for bulk scanning services in the UK? These are family snaps - not high quality but worth a lot in sentimental value and it's time to move them to digital for long term preservation and accessibility. So I'm looking for a good price/quality balance as these are not pro quality films. But I would like dust/dirt issues to be minimised as far as possible. Home scanning might be an option if more cost effective - but I don't know of what is currently a decent scanner. I'd like the IR channel feature that I had in an old Nikon ICE Coolscan I used a long time ago as it was pretty good at removing dirt/dust visually. Many thanks for any advice Tim To have a service do it would be expensive. I highly recommend an Epson scanner. It will do a professional job at low cost |
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35mm slide and negative scanning - UK?
On 07/31/2018 09:14 AM, philo wrote:
On 07/31/2018 03:33 AM, Tim Watts wrote: Any recommendations please for bulk scanning services in the UK? https://epson.com/For-Home/Scanners/...r/p/B11B198011 |
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35mm slide and negative scanning - UK?
On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:15:10 -0500, philo wrote:
On 07/31/2018 09:14 AM, philo wrote: On 07/31/2018 03:33 AM, Tim Watts wrote: Any recommendations please for bulk scanning services in the UK? https://epson.com/For-Home/Scanners/...r/p/B11B198011 Good point. Almost certainly some of his photos will be there only as printed photos rather than negatives. The appropriate strategy for his purposed might be to (depending on the quality desired/possible) to scan from the positives rather than the negatives. This will be faster at least, and the Epson can also do negavtives pretty well. |
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35mm slide and negative scanning - UK?
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wrote: Home scanning might be an option if more cost effective - but I don't know of what is currently a decent scanner. I'd like the IR channel feature that I had in an old Nikon ICE Coolscan I used a long time ago as it was pretty good at removing dirt/dust visually. To have a service do it would be expensive. and generally not that good, otherwise it's *really* expensive. I highly recommend an Epson scanner. It will do a professional job at low cost no it won't. a dedicated negative/slide scanner such as a nikon coolscan is much better, and with a used one, the cost is effectively zero. |
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35mm slide and negative scanning - UK?
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wrote: https://epson.com/For-Home/Scanners/...ction-V600-Pho Good point. Almost certainly some of his photos will be there only as printed photos rather than negatives. maybe. since he mentioned a coolscan, presumably he has negatives and slides. The appropriate strategy for his purposed might be to (depending on the quality desired/possible) to scan from the positives rather than the negatives. definitely not. *always* scan the negative or slide when possible. scanning a print is *only* a last resort when there's no other option. This will be faster at least, and the Epson can also do negavtives pretty well. it's nowhere near as good as a dedicated negative/slide scanner. |
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