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Copying 35mm slides
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I have a large collection of old 35mm slides, which I would like to copy onto the hard disc of my computer. I would appreciate advise on the best way to do this. I currently use a Nikon Coolpix 5700. Many thanks -- P |
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I would try setting the camera to macro and photograph them on a light
table. See Slide Copy on my Nikon page. Hand holding the camer works pretty well also. http://www.photoprojects.net/index6.html Gene Hirundo wrote: Hi I have a large collection of old 35mm slides, which I would like to copy onto the hard disc of my computer. I would appreciate advise on the best way to do this. I currently use a Nikon Coolpix 5700. Many thanks -- P |
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"Hirundo" writes:
I have a large collection of old 35mm slides, which I would like to copy onto the hard disc of my computer. I would appreciate advise on the best way to do this. I currently use a Nikon Coolpix 5700. The best way to do this is to buy a slide scanner. For a large collection of slides, the extra cost of the Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED plus the SF-210 stack feeder may be worth it -- running a stack of 50 slides unsupervised can save a lot of your time. "Old slides" also strongly suggests that a scanner with ICE is imperative. It'll save *hours* editing out dust, scratches, and misc. grit. You can get okay screen-resolution results using a camera and a slide copier, or (even harder) a light source, macro lens setting, and slide holder. This would be much cheaper than getting a good scanner, obviously. -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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I have a large collection of old 35mm slides, which I would like to copy
onto the hard disc of my computer. I would appreciate advise on the best way to do this. I currently use a Nikon Coolpix 5700. You could try something like this: http://tinyurl.com/c2et8 Malcolm |
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You can do it with a camera, results aren't too bad, but you will only
get 14mb images, scanners will give you bigger, more flexible files. If you only need the 14mb then you're fine, I have used a Nikon 995 for doing files for PowerPoint presentation and only used half image size. Be sure you are in macro mode and turn down your contrast settings in the menu. If you need images for multiple purposes I would recommend a scanner, I was in the slide scanner mode until I got an Epson V700, very close to a slide scanner at 100% I can tell the difference between the V700 and my old Nikon LS2000 ( the 2000 at full res, the Epson at 2800ppi) The Epson gives better dynamic range and is much faster. The Epson will scan 12 slides at 2000ppi less than 20 minutes. The LS2000 would take almost an hour. Have fun Tom |
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"tomm42" wrote in message ups.com... You can do it with a camera, results aren't too bad, but you will only get 14mb images, scanners will give you bigger, more flexible files. If you only need the 14mb then you're fine, I have used a Nikon 995 for doing files for PowerPoint presentation and only used half image size. Be sure you are in macro mode and turn down your contrast settings in the menu. If you need images for multiple purposes I would recommend a scanner, I was in the slide scanner mode until I got an Epson V700, very close to a slide scanner at 100% I can tell the difference between the V700 and my old Nikon LS2000 ( the 2000 at full res, the Epson at 2800ppi) The Epson gives better dynamic range and is much faster. The Epson will scan 12 slides at 2000ppi less than 20 minutes. The LS2000 would take almost an hour. Have fun Tom Many thanks to all for the information. -- P |
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On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:37:39 +0100, "Hirundo"
wrote: Hi I have a large collection of old 35mm slides, which I would like to copy onto the hard disc of my computer. I would appreciate advise on the best way to do this. I currently use a Nikon Coolpix 5700. There are too many, "It all depends". If you have a lot as in several thousand or more and you want high quality then the dedicated film and slide scanner is still the best way to go. However if you are going for quality and scanning at least 4000 dpi and 16 bit color depth then you are looking at roughly 120 - 130 megs per image. That is a *lot* of storage. http://www.rogerhalstead.com/scanning.htm might help and it's a lot easier than typing here:-)) Good Luck, Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com Many thanks |
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"Roger" wrote in message ... On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:37:39 +0100, "Hirundo" wrote: Hi I have a large collection of old 35mm slides, which I would like to copy onto the hard disc of my computer. I would appreciate advise on the best way to do this. I currently use a Nikon Coolpix 5700. There are too many, "It all depends". If you have a lot as in several thousand or more and you want high quality then the dedicated film and slide scanner is still the best way to go. However if you are going for quality and scanning at least 4000 dpi and 16 bit color depth then you are looking at roughly 120 - 130 megs per image. That is a *lot* of storage. http://www.rogerhalstead.com/scanning.htm might help and it's a lot easier than typing here:-)) Good Luck, Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com Many thanks Thanks again for all the helpful advice. -- P |
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IF-ONLY wrote:
"Hirundo" posted Hi I have a large collection of old 35mm slides, which I would like to copy onto the hard disc of my computer. I would appreciate advise on the best way to do this. I currently use a Nikon Coolpix 5700. Many thanks I bought a Epson 4990 Photo Scanner. It has Digital Ice Built into the Hardware/Software. I no longer have to FIX my slides or photographs. I wanted to buy a full fledged Slide scanner - but was talked into this one. It does 4800X9600 dpi. I enlarge all my slides to 8 by 10 inches for future used. They almost look like they were taken with a digital camera. I use a AMD64 X2 4400 chip with @ gigs of RAM. I can scan 8 slides at a time half using Digital ice, and it takes about 20 minutes. I am very happy with my Flatbed scanner that does slides very well. http://www.epson.ca/cgi-bin/ceStore/...s&oid=49164280 I was considering a 4990 just the other day, although I couldn't see much difference between the 4990 and the 4990 Pro models, although the street prices suggest something is different. -- jer email reply - I am not a 'ten' |
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IF-ONLY wrote:
Jer posted [SNIP] I was considering a 4990 just the other day, although I couldn't see much difference between the 4990 and the 4990 Pro models, although the street prices suggest something is different. Looks like the software package is a bit different. SilverFast® "Ai 6" and the Monaco Ezcolor™, ArcSoft® PhotoStudio®, ArcSoft PhotoBase stuff. I am pretty sure they are the same machine in "Specs" I love mine . . . Ah ha! You're right, I was just looking at the hardware. Thanks. -- jer email reply - I am not a 'ten' |
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