35mm Film / Slide Scanners.

[MontyVeda]

Anyone had any experience with film & slide scanners?

I tried a dedicated one* many years ago and it seemed to take so long to scan a single slide or negative strip that digitising my Dad's entire slide collection could possibly take a lifetime. But the idea keeps popping back into my scull and I'm wondering if they've got any quicker in recent years.

*as opposed to an attachment for a flat bed scanner, which took even longer.

Any recommendations, tips or advice?

 

[Smokin Joe]

Avoid cheapo stuff from ebay. I got one a couple of years ago and it works, but slowly and not very well. I believe you can get a dedicated flat bed scanner for negatives, not cheap but apparently good quality and what the pros use.

 

[AndyRM]

What is your budget? You can get something decent around the £100 mark or can pay proper mega bucks!

 

[AndyRM]

I got a little gadget with software from Aldi for £19.99. Easy to use and quick. No need to spend more than that imho.

Very true. The one I usually use was £30, but it's quite limited setting wise I find.

 

[Elswick Cotterpin]

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[NorthernDave]

I got a little gadget with software from Aldi for £19.99. Easy to use and quick. No need to spend more than that imho.

A lad I work with got one of the cheapie Aldi ones 2 or 3 years ago and really rates it. He's very particular about stuff he buys, so I can only presume it's good.

 

[midlife]

Our photo guy rigged something up to take pics of the back lit slides using a digital camera, slides had to be mounted though.

Shaun

 

[Crackle]

I've had a Minolta film/slide scanner now languishing on a shelf as the last compatible software was XP or NT. I'd still use but it is laborious and doesn't give great results.

Now, I'd either send them off or buy one of the Epson V series flatbed scanners, which still look time consuming but far less so. Definitely need the ICE software or something similar as removing spots and scratches is far too time intensive and I'd probably pair it with something like Vuescan.

 

[sight-pin]

I used to make a contact print when i was into printing & developing colour negatives etc.......so i was wondering if you could sandwich a group of your positives/negatives between two sheets of glass pegged together, if you then stand it against a bright window, maybe you could re take a backlit digital image etc? not sure if this will be of any help mind?

 

[pplpilot]

I have an epson v800 I scan slides, negs and 5x4 with it, set you back about £500+ but quality is second to none, I've had very expensive drum scans from 5x4 and the difference is non existent, shop around and you might be able to get an older 700 or 750 but they still fetch decent money. The slide carrier will scan 12 35mm at a time and if you use the dedicated software it will reduce scratches.
http://thecameraclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/prv7phpg.pdf

 

[Surlydave]

Anyone had any experience with film & slide scanners?

I tried a dedicated one* many years ago and it seemed to take so long to scan a single slide or negative strip that digitising my Dad's entire slide collection could possibly take a lifetime. But the idea keeps popping back into my scull and I'm wondering if they've got any quicker in recent years.

*as opposed to an attachment for a flat bed scanner, which took even longer.

Any recommendations, tips or advice?

Anyone had any experience with film & slide scanners?

I tried a dedicated one* many years ago and it seemed to take so long to scan a single slide or negative strip that digitising my Dad's entire slide collection could possibly take a lifetime. But the idea keeps popping back into my scull and I'm wondering if they've got any quicker in recent years.

*as opposed to an attachment for a flat bed scanner, which took even longer.

Any recommendations, tips or advice?

 

[Surlydave]

Anyone had any experience with film & slide scanners?

I tried a dedicated one* many years ago and it seemed to take so long to scan a single slide or negative strip that digitising my Dad's entire slide collection could possibly take a lifetime. But the idea keeps popping back into my scull and I'm wondering if they've got any quicker in recent years.

*as opposed to an attachment for a flat bed scanner, which took even longer.

Any recommendations, tips or advice?

Another option is that if you have a slide projector, is to project the slides into a screen or a white wall and photograph each one in turn.
Surlydave.

 

[MontyVeda]

Cheers for the replies guys. There's little chance of getting an Aldi one because 'when it's gone it's gone' usually means they're gone. I've toyed with making a viewer to photograph the slides... that'd be a lot quicker than my past experience of slide scanners. But ideally... i wanna be able to load a stack if slides into a hopper, walk away and let the gadget do the work.

I have an epson v800 I scan slides, negs and 5x4 with it, set you back about £500+ but quality is second to none, I've had very expensive drum scans from 5x4 and the difference is non existent, shop around and you might be able to get an older 700 or 750 but they still fetch decent money. The slide carrier will scan 12 35mm at a time and if you use the dedicated software it will reduce scratches.
http://thecameraclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/prv7phpg.pdf

Bit expensive for me i'm afraid.... but does that have a backlight for the slides/negs? I've tried doing negs in bulk on my scanner but without a backlight, not much came out.

 

[pplpilot]

Cheers for the replies guys. There's little chance of getting an Aldi one because 'when it's gone it's gone' usually means they're gone. I've toyed with making a viewer to photograph the slides... that'd be a lot quicker than my past experience of slide scanners. But ideally... i wanna be able to load a stack if slides into a hopper, walk away and let the gadget do the work.



Bit expensive for me i'm afraid.... but does that have a backlight for the slides/negs? I've tried doing negs in bulk on my scanner but without a backlight, not much came out.

Yep. Built mainly for slides / negs . Buy one and sell it on you won't loose much at all there are still a heck of a lot of people using film, large format shooters scanner of choice.

 

[mr_cellophane]

If you can find one (and want to spend the money) then you can't get much better than the Nixon sf-200