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Greetings Hart,
I suspect that you could use your camera to do this but it will not be the kind of digital image quality you might expect from your camera. Rather, you are going to be much happier, if the content of the slides are really valuable to you, by being selective and getting the slides scanned on of film/slide scanner. The service should clean your slides as well. It would be worth having a service scan a few slides while you try capturing the same slides on your camera. You can then evaluate and decide which is the best way to go for the money. If you have a great many, then consider a good scanner with a slide copy feature. There are a good many of them out there and at a good price. Talk to you soon, Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company I've got boxes of 35mm slides in the closet. I really don't want to buy a slide scanner. It seems I should be able to use my KODAK 7330 camera to do some slide copying. Has anyone experimented with this ? I'm thinking; board with camera mounted at one end magifying lens slide holder light source ??? |
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Greetings Hart,
I suspect that you could use your camera to do this but it will not be the kind of digital image quality you might expect from your camera. Rather, you are going to be much happier, if the content of the slides are really valuable to you, by being selective and getting the slides scanned on of film/slide scanner. The service should clean your slides as well. It would be worth having a service scan a few slides while you try capturing the same slides on your camera. You can then evaluate and decide which is the best way to go for the money. If you have a great many, then consider a good scanner with a slide copy feature. There are a good many of them out there and at a good price. Talk to you soon, Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company I've got boxes of 35mm slides in the closet. I really don't want to buy a slide scanner. It seems I should be able to use my KODAK 7330 camera to do some slide copying. Has anyone experimented with this ? I'm thinking; board with camera mounted at one end magifying lens slide holder light source ??? |
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:08:54 -0500, "Ron Baird"
wrote: Greetings Hart, I suspect that you could use your camera to do this but it will not be the kind of digital image quality you might expect from your camera. Rather, you are going to be much happier, if the content of the slides are really valuable to you, by being selective and getting the slides scanned on of film/slide scanner. Agreed The service should clean your slides as well. It would They charge extra for this and if the scans are to be of high quality you are looking at close to a dollar (USD) per image. It can get expensive fast. More with cleaning. be worth having a service scan a few slides while you try capturing the same slides on your camera. You can then evaluate and decide which is the best way to go for the money. If you have a great many, then consider a good scanner with a slide copy feature. There are a good many of them out there and at a good price. When you say a good scanner with the slide copy feature? So far, dedicated slide and film scanners do a much better job on film and slides than a flat bed with an adapter that allows the copying of slides and negatives. Copying slides and or negatives can be a very tedious process. Then there is the storage medium and the naming conventions. it can be a lot of work. Talk to you soon, Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com I've got boxes of 35mm slides in the closet. I really don't want to buy a slide scanner. It seems I should be able to use my KODAK 7330 camera to do some slide copying. Has anyone experimented with this ? I'm thinking; board with camera mounted at one end magifying lens slide holder light source ??? |
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:08:54 -0500, "Ron Baird"
wrote: Greetings Hart, I suspect that you could use your camera to do this but it will not be the kind of digital image quality you might expect from your camera. Rather, you are going to be much happier, if the content of the slides are really valuable to you, by being selective and getting the slides scanned on of film/slide scanner. Agreed The service should clean your slides as well. It would They charge extra for this and if the scans are to be of high quality you are looking at close to a dollar (USD) per image. It can get expensive fast. More with cleaning. be worth having a service scan a few slides while you try capturing the same slides on your camera. You can then evaluate and decide which is the best way to go for the money. If you have a great many, then consider a good scanner with a slide copy feature. There are a good many of them out there and at a good price. When you say a good scanner with the slide copy feature? So far, dedicated slide and film scanners do a much better job on film and slides than a flat bed with an adapter that allows the copying of slides and negatives. Copying slides and or negatives can be a very tedious process. Then there is the storage medium and the naming conventions. it can be a lot of work. Talk to you soon, Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com I've got boxes of 35mm slides in the closet. I really don't want to buy a slide scanner. It seems I should be able to use my KODAK 7330 camera to do some slide copying. Has anyone experimented with this ? I'm thinking; board with camera mounted at one end magifying lens slide holder light source ??? |
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:08:54 -0500, "Ron Baird"
wrote: Greetings Hart, I suspect that you could use your camera to do this but it will not be the kind of digital image quality you might expect from your camera. Rather, you are going to be much happier, if the content of the slides are really valuable to you, by being selective and getting the slides scanned on of film/slide scanner. Agreed The service should clean your slides as well. It would They charge extra for this and if the scans are to be of high quality you are looking at close to a dollar (USD) per image. It can get expensive fast. More with cleaning. be worth having a service scan a few slides while you try capturing the same slides on your camera. You can then evaluate and decide which is the best way to go for the money. If you have a great many, then consider a good scanner with a slide copy feature. There are a good many of them out there and at a good price. When you say a good scanner with the slide copy feature? So far, dedicated slide and film scanners do a much better job on film and slides than a flat bed with an adapter that allows the copying of slides and negatives. Copying slides and or negatives can be a very tedious process. Then there is the storage medium and the naming conventions. it can be a lot of work. Talk to you soon, Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com I've got boxes of 35mm slides in the closet. I really don't want to buy a slide scanner. It seems I should be able to use my KODAK 7330 camera to do some slide copying. Has anyone experimented with this ? I'm thinking; board with camera mounted at one end magifying lens slide holder light source ??? |
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Hi Roger,
You are quite right, Roger, it can be expensive to buy a film scanner and not just a flatbed with a scanner feature, though some of them are pretty good. I suspect that trying one to see if the scans are acceptable to you might be a good idea? If you like the results, you are all set. If not, you can invest in a higher priced scanner. I would think twice about that if you are not going to be using it much after scanning the slides you already have. It may well be possible to get high res scans of your slides for less money than a scanner might cost, plus you would not have to do the work. Of course, if you are going to be using the scanner afterwards, then the film scanner would be for you. Talk to you soon, Roger, Let me know if you have questions. Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company wrote: Greetings Hart, I suspect that you could use your camera to do this but it will not be the kind of digital image quality you might expect from your camera. Rather, you are going to be much happier, if the content of the slides are really valuable to you, by being selective and getting the slides scanned on of film/slide scanner. Agreed The service should clean your slides as well. It would |
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