Posted by Bob Johnson on January 16, 2011 at 9:23 AM
I have a friend who wishes to save his slides as digital. Can anyone suggest how he can do this or suggest a reliable companay that can do it for him please?
Bob
Posted by Bill Brennan on January 16, 2011 at 12:40 PM
Bob, a member of the Denver Digital Photo Club researched a number of different solutions. His conclusion was to use a slide scanner with the brand, Wolverine. In the states, Costco sells them at a reasonable price.
Do not know of a specific company. If I were looking, I would use Google search.
Bill Brennan
Denver, CO
Posted by John Robinson on January 16, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Bob
The ones I have put on here (the old site)from slides are all done on a home made copier which I find much better than a scanner. It is certainly quicker !I have one which uses the 150 mm macro and the other uses the 50mm macro. All you need is a filter ring of the right size, a bit of plastic drainpipeand an opaque slide holder to go on the end.
Point it at the sky and away you go. I,ve had quite lot published done like this and if you check the ones I put on the old forum I think you find they are fine. There was a shot bof the set up too bas I recall.I use them for lectures with a digital set uo and in some cases you can improve on the slide !
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Bob Johnson on January 16, 2011 at 5:25 PM
Thanks Bill & John I will pass this on to my friend.
I'd second John's comment on copying with a digital camera. Slides copied on my 5Dii do compete with a dedicated 4000dpi 35mm slide scanner if done carefully.
However a dedicated film scanner will produce excellent results and some have dust + scratches removal. The newer Nikons sell for a fortune but you can pick up real bargains if you are willing to go for either a Nikon LS-20 (2700dpi) or a Canon FS4000 which is a superb bit of kit that often sells for a fraction of the Nikons (it's as good as the Nikon coolscan V in my opinion having owned both).
Shameless plug but I've also just started offering a drum scanning service if that is of any interest. The film is wet mounted on a drum which keeps it perfectly flat and it can extract pretty much all the data the film contains. It will handle deep shadows far better than a ccd scanner and it has an adjustable aperture to control grain. It's aimed more at larger format films really though.
Tristan
Posted by Bob Johnson on January 19, 2011 at 4:42 PM
Thanks Tristan I will pass this on. Love the stuff on your website by the way!
Discussion
5 repliesBob
Do not know of a specific company. If I were looking, I would use Google search.
Bill Brennan
Denver, CO
The ones I have put on here (the old site)from slides are all done on a home made copier which I find much better than a scanner. It is certainly quicker !I have one which uses the 150 mm macro and the other uses the 50mm macro. All you need is a filter ring of the right size, a bit of plastic drainpipeand an opaque slide holder to go on the end.
Point it at the sky and away you go. I,ve had quite lot published done like this and if you check the ones I put on the old forum I think you find they are fine. There was a shot bof the set up too bas I recall.I use them for lectures with a digital set uo and in some cases you can improve on the slide !
Cheers
JohnR
Bob
However a dedicated film scanner will produce excellent results and some have dust + scratches removal. The newer Nikons sell for a fortune but you can pick up real bargains if you are willing to go for either a Nikon LS-20 (2700dpi) or a Canon FS4000 which is a superb bit of kit that often sells for a fraction of the Nikons (it's as good as the Nikon coolscan V in my opinion having owned both).
Shameless plug but I've also just started offering a drum scanning service if that is of any interest. The film is wet mounted on a drum which keeps it perfectly flat and it can extract pretty much all the data the film contains. It will handle deep shadows far better than a ccd scanner and it has an adjustable aperture to control grain. It's aimed more at larger format films really though.
Tristan
Bob