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Digitizing Slides
Hi. I'm new to this group so I don't know if someone posted a similar
question recently. My mom has 3000 slides taken by my dad, who has passed away. Because of the space the slides take up in her home, my mom is weeding through them, looking at them manually using a slide projector. She isn't that computer savvy but she told me that Costco charges 29 cents per slide for digitizing them. For 3000 slides that's $870 which is more than my mom wants to spend. I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for other ideas for digitizing slides such as using a company that's cheaper/better than Costco or a buying/renting good scanner that my mom can use at home. Thanks, Sky |
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On 02/08/2010 09:04, Skylamar Jones wrote:
Hi. I'm new to this group so I don't know if someone posted a similar question recently. My mom has 3000 slides taken by my dad, who has passed away. Because of the space the slides take up in her home, my mom is weeding through them, looking at them manually using a slide projector. She isn't that computer savvy but she told me that Costco charges 29 cents per slide for digitizing them. For 3000 slides that's $870 which is more than my mom wants to spend. I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for other ideas for digitizing slides such as using a company that's cheaper/better than Costco or a buying/renting good scanner that my mom can use at home. Digitizing slides at home is extremely labor intensive, unless you have one of these very expensive Nikon scanners with all their expensive options that make it just plain labor intensive. I'm facing the very same problem (except I'd be the one doing the scanning) but I'm taking another route: reduce my Dad's 3000 slides to a set of 100-200 worth passing to the next generations. -- Bertrand |
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"Skylamar Jones" wrote in message ... Hi. I'm new to this group so I don't know if someone posted a similar question recently. My mom has 3000 slides taken by my dad, who has passed away. Because of the space the slides take up in her home, my mom is weeding through them, looking at them manually using a slide projector. She isn't that computer savvy but she told me that Costco charges 29 cents per slide for digitizing them. For 3000 slides that's $870 which is more than my mom wants to spend. I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for other ideas for digitizing slides such as using a company that's cheaper/better than Costco or a buying/renting good scanner that my mom can use at home. Thanks, Sky Here is a DIY approach. (costs nothing) http://www.blighty.co.za/brsd/ Probably not for your Mom, but maybe you could do it for her. Then you could have a select few properly scanned if you want large prints, etc. MG |
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Ofnuts wrote:
On 02/08/2010 09:04, Skylamar Jones wrote: Hi. I'm new to this group so I don't know if someone posted a similar question recently. My mom has 3000 slides taken by my dad, who has passed away. Because of the space the slides take up in her home, my mom is weeding through them, looking at them manually using a slide projector. She isn't that computer savvy but she told me that Costco charges 29 cents per slide for digitizing them. For 3000 slides that's $870 which is more than my mom wants to spend. I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for other ideas for digitizing slides such as using a company that's cheaper/better than Costco or a buying/renting good scanner that my mom can use at home. Digitizing slides at home is extremely labor intensive, unless you have one of these very expensive Nikon scanners with all their expensive options that make it just plain labor intensive. I'm facing the very same problem (except I'd be the one doing the scanning) but I'm taking another route: reduce my Dad's 3000 slides to a set of 100-200 worth passing to the next generations. My first thought, too. Go through them with her, make notes and mark the ones really worth keeping. Good luck! -- john mcwilliams |
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On 02/08/2010 09:04, Skylamar Jones wrote:
Hi. I'm new to this group so I don't know if someone posted a similar question recently. My mom has 3000 slides taken by my dad, who has passed away. Because of the space the slides take up in her home, my mom is weeding through them, looking at them manually using a slide projector. She isn't that computer savvy but she told me that Costco charges 29 cents per slide for digitizing them. For 3000 slides that's $870 which is more than my mom wants to spend. I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for other ideas for digitizing slides such as using a company that's cheaper/better than Costco or a buying/renting good scanner that my mom can use at home. Thanks, Sky Comme to think of it... if you have a decent camera, there are slide duplicators such as this: http://www.soligor.de/src/product_details.php?cPath=134_232&pid=47900&langua ge=en This is a bit faster than the scanner. -- Bertrand |
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On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:16:49 -0400, John McWilliams
wrote: Ofnuts wrote: On 02/08/2010 09:04, Skylamar Jones wrote: Hi. I'm new to this group so I don't know if someone posted a similar question recently. My mom has 3000 slides taken by my dad, who has passed away. Because of the space the slides take up in her home, my mom is weeding through them, looking at them manually using a slide projector. She isn't that computer savvy but she told me that Costco charges 29 cents per slide for digitizing them. For 3000 slides that's $870 which is more than my mom wants to spend. I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for other ideas for digitizing slides such as using a company that's cheaper/better than Costco or a buying/renting good scanner that my mom can use at home. Digitizing slides at home is extremely labor intensive, unless you have one of these very expensive Nikon scanners with all their expensive options that make it just plain labor intensive. I'm facing the very same problem (except I'd be the one doing the scanning) but I'm taking another route: reduce my Dad's 3000 slides to a set of 100-200 worth passing to the next generations. My first thought, too. Go through them with her, make notes and mark the ones really worth keeping. Good luck! I think most of us of a certain age have gone through this with either their own slides or slides taken by a parent. I did, and I culled the slides down to about 10% "keepers" and scanned them myself. The process of weeding them out is quite enjoyable. Going through the slides brings back a lot of memories. The process of scanning is less enjoyable, but can be done over a period of time. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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"tony cooper" wrote in message ... On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:16:49 -0400, John McWilliams wrote: Ofnuts wrote: On 02/08/2010 09:04, Skylamar Jones wrote: Hi. I'm new to this group so I don't know if someone posted a similar question recently. My mom has 3000 slides taken by my dad, who has passed away. Because of the space the slides take up in her home, my mom is weeding through them, looking at them manually using a slide projector. She isn't that computer savvy but she told me that Costco charges 29 cents per slide for digitizing them. For 3000 slides that's $870 which is more than my mom wants to spend. I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for other ideas for digitizing slides such as using a company that's cheaper/better than Costco or a buying/renting good scanner that my mom can use at home. Digitizing slides at home is extremely labor intensive, unless you have one of these very expensive Nikon scanners with all their expensive options that make it just plain labor intensive. I'm facing the very same problem (except I'd be the one doing the scanning) but I'm taking another route: reduce my Dad's 3000 slides to a set of 100-200 worth passing to the next generations. My first thought, too. Go through them with her, make notes and mark the ones really worth keeping. Good luck! I think most of us of a certain age have gone through this with either their own slides or slides taken by a parent. I did, and I culled the slides down to about 10% "keepers" and scanned them myself. The process of weeding them out is quite enjoyable. Going through the slides brings back a lot of memories. The process of scanning is less enjoyable, but can be done over a period of time. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida Certainly, it is good advice to cull out the slides that have little or not compelling reason to keep them. I also have been through this with my own and my father's slides. Went from around 3500 to around 800. Second, there are a number of flat bed scanners that can scan slides and color film as well as opaque materials. These scanners are not as expensive as a good slide scanner and will have a useful life beyond scanning the slides. Regards, Gordo |
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On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:04:28 -0700, Skylamar Jones wrote:
Hi. I'm new to this group so I don't know if someone posted a similar question recently. My mom has 3000 slides taken by my dad, who has passed away. Because of the space the slides take up in her home, my mom is weeding through them, looking at them manually using a slide projector. She isn't that computer savvy but she told me that Costco charges 29 cents per slide for digitizing them. For 3000 slides that's $870 which is more than my mom wants to spend. I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for other ideas for digitizing slides such as using a company that's cheaper/better than Costco or a buying/renting good scanner that my mom can use at home. Thanks, Sky TANSTAAFL (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) applies here. You can buy a decent flatbed scanner with slide/negative scanning capabilities for around $100. It would then take a LONG time to process them adequately. You might actually get through a few hundred before you gave up. Strongly suggest you do a web search (google is one) to try and find a lower cost solution. |
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Digitizing Slides
On 8/2/2010 3:04 AM, Skylamar Jones wrote:
Hi. I'm new to this group so I don't know if someone posted a similar question recently. My mom has 3000 slides taken by my dad, who has passed away. Because of the space the slides take up in her home, my mom is weeding through them, looking at them manually using a slide projector. She isn't that computer savvy but she told me that Costco charges 29 cents per slide for digitizing them. For 3000 slides that's $870 which is more than my mom wants to spend. I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for other ideas for digitizing slides such as using a company that's cheaper/better than Costco or a buying/renting good scanner that my mom can use at home. Thanks, Sky I used a dedicated slide/negative duplicator that sells for around $100. It worked fairly well for negatives but was unsatisfactory for color slides, so avoid that. Flat bed scanners may do better. If I had to do it, I would play with the camera solutions suggested in other threads. The commercial camera accessory shown made by Soligor looks interesting but you need a camera that will work with that. |
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MG wrote:
"Skylamar Jones" wrote in message ... Hi. I'm new to this group so I don't know if someone posted a similar question recently. My mom has 3000 slides taken by my dad, who has passed away. Because of the space the slides take up in her home, my mom is weeding through them, looking at them manually using a slide projector. She isn't that computer savvy but she told me that Costco charges 29 cents per slide for digitizing them. For 3000 slides that's $870 which is more than my mom wants to spend. I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for other ideas for digitizing slides such as using a company that's cheaper/better than Costco or a buying/renting good scanner that my mom can use at home. Thanks, Sky Here is a DIY approach. (costs nothing) http://www.blighty.co.za/brsd/ Probably not for your Mom, but maybe you could do it for her. from the site: Once I got going, I managed to copy a set of 150 slides in just over an hour. So 3000/150 = 20 hours, or (if you like) 20 days at an hour a night. That's doable, if not enjoyable as such. BugBear |
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