Best way to get Mounted slides to digital?

I have an Epson scanner that has an attachment (and software) to do slides (& negatives). It didn't
cost much more than your budget. I use it to scan negs. Black and White I print myself. Colour goes
to the professional developers in 300dpi. Doesn't get much easier than that.

K

 

I've got about 300 or so mounted slides and maybe 30 or so unmounted.

I'm looking for the best (cost vs quality) way to get digital versions
of them. Off the top of my head I can think of 3 ways:
1. Take them to a scanning bureau and get them scanned.
2. Buy a scanner with a slide attachment
3. Buy a mount for my Canon G2

I'd like to end up with about a 4 megapixel image. Budget is around
$300.

Suggestions, thoughts?

 

The trouble you might find is balancing your budget against your
requirements, especially if you are seeking something more than a cheap and
nasty scan.

Kodak PhotoCD may be within your budget but you will have to seriously
consider the lack of operator training, skill and colour management with
that process.

--

Glenn McCarter

Digital Lucida
http://www.digital-lucida.com.au
478 - 480 Rathdowne St
Carlton North Vic 3054
Australia
Ph. (03) 9349 5159
Fx . (03) 9349 5153

 

Double your budget and get a slide scanner yourself. Cheaper in the long
term.

None of your options are satisfactory.

With a $300 budget:

I don't think anyone will scan slides for $1 each.

Flatbeds do not get great results.

Digital cameras are still not the answer unless your are prepared to do
heaps of work.

 

300 mounted and another 30+ unmounted.

well .. for a $300 budget option 2 is not possible.
as to scan slides or negs, I would really recommend scanner with ICE
or you can spend min 10 mins polishing a single frame

opt 3, is not really good as you can't expect hiquality scans out of it.
[but for fun purpose .. that's ok]

try opt 1 ... but don't know if someone want to do 300+ slides @ that price.

what sort of quality are you expecting btw ?
4mpx is just a size, but do you want raw scan ?

=bob=

 

Depending on the quality you want, $299 inc GST gets a Canonscan
CS5000F 2400 X 4800 optical scanner that'll do slides and negs, but
the option of putting a mount onto the G2 is much cheaper... if you
want a rough idea of what you'll get with the G2, put a white sheet
over a nice bright bedside/desk lamp, put the slide on it, use your G2
in macro mode and go as close as you can and still focus - ideally on
a tripod, for stability, and take a sample shot... for the "mum & dad"
market, that's usually all they need... for your use, you may need
better, in which case, go the scanner...

Cheers,
Stuart

 

Consider the many auctions on ebay for HP S20xi scanners (mostly in
america).
They go for about US$100-150 and would be better than any flatbed (though
they are considered low-end film scanners, but hey whaddya expect).
As a bonus it can scan prints and cd covers.


Adam F

 

You could buy a proper slide scanner (second hand), do the scanning,
then sell the scanner. If you buy and sell well, it would end up
costing
less than $300, though you will need to put up more money initially.

You will also need to know what you are doing (or teach yourself), have
a suitable computer and software, and have 30 or 40 hours to devote to
it. If you want, you could get much higher resolution files than the
4 megapixels you mention.

Peter Marquis-Kyle
www.marquis-kyle.com.au

 

or use the 7 days money back guarantee ... hmmmmm

=bob=

 

Hi, Glenn,

I have copied fairly ancient (ie 1958) colour slides with reasonable results
with my Nikon Coolpix 990 and the slide copying attachment that Nikon market
for it. Come to think of it, the Nikon attachment (ES-E28, AUS$149 incl
GST according to Maxwell
http://ww2.maxwell.com.au/prices.php?codes.txt,817998,Nikon+Slide+copy+adapter,75%,1,0,0,2,3
will fit any camera with a 28mm filter screw, or with a stepup/down ring if
necessary (provided that the camera will focus close enough, of course).

You might also follow this link up, and end up well within your budget??
http://photosolve.com/main/product/xtendaslide/index.html

HTH

Tim S.

 

I'd suggest talking to this bunch:
http://www.digitalmasters.com.au/AboutPCD.html
about PhotoCD - they might do you a deal for a large number. I had a few
hundred autoscanned by them a while back and the quality was excellent
considering the automated processing.

Russ.

 

I suggest that you have more than $300 for them to do that

 

The 5000f sounds like it may do the job. It's got a couple of good
reviews here;
http://hardwarecentral.dealtime.com/xPO-Canon_CanoScan_5000F

 

......... not to mention storage space. You may also consider storage means
e.g. CDs or whatever.