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Topic: jpg images from 35mm slides - how to? |
Lou[NE]
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Weston, NE USA
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Posted 6 Sep 2005 5:03 pm |
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Does anyone have experience scanning 35mm slides and saving them as jpg images? Can it be done? What would I need for hardware/software?
Grand-dad took up photography in his later years, and I have a lot of stuff I'd like to save if possible.
OS is XP Media Center.
Thanks for an always informative forum.
Lou[This message was edited by Lou[NE] on 06 September 2005 at 06:04 PM.] |
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Mark Vinbury
From:
N. Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA
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Posted 6 Sep 2005 7:15 pm
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| My Epson 1660 Photo Scanner came with a 35mm slide holder and software to scan them right in.Also scans negative strips.It's a bit time consuming loading and scanning but it works well. |
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Russ Wever
From:
Kansas City
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Posted 6 Sep 2005 10:50 pm
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Lou[NE]
Like you, I have slides that my Dad took, and I want to capture them as jpg's.
I borrowed a friends scanner that accepts slides (two or three at a time) but soon found out that scanning in such low numbers at a time would take considerably more time than I cared to spare (I have hundreds, perhaps more than a thousand to convert to jpg) - so I tried using my digital camera on a 'table-top' tripod and using the cameras 'macro' (close-up) setting, while focusing at the slides as I advance them in a small, illuminated 'slide-viewer' (the type meant for just one person at a time viewing the slides).
This must be done in darkness, of course.
By using a high-resolution setting on the camera, the results can be as good or better than the scanner, and the job gets done quicker by tenfolds.
Any correcting and/or adjustments of the jpg's to accomodate for deterioration of the slides (due to age) can later be done with graphic software by 'batch processing'.
~Russ[This message was edited by Russ Wever on 06 September 2005 at 11:54 PM.] |
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Mel Culbreath
From:
Waynesville, NC, USA
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Posted 7 Sep 2005 12:04 pm
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Hi Lou,
I think what you need is something called a Spiratone Vario-Dupliscope such as sold on e-bay. Go to cgi.ebay.com/SPIRATONE-VARI O-DUPLISCOPE...ViewItem
I have one of these that was given to me years ago by a friend, but I have never used it, so I don't know how, or if they work.
Mine is like the one listed on ebay and fits a Nikon 35MM camera.
You fix one end of the dupliscope to your camera and put the slide (one at a time) in the other end, hold it up to a light and take a 35MM picture of the slide. Then you take the 35MM film to the shop and have it put on a CD.
If anyone has experience with one of these, I would like to hear from them.
Mel[This message was edited by b0b on 07 September 2005 at 03:42 PM.] |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 7 Sep 2005 2:43 pm
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| Seems to me that the local drugstore will do this for you these days and put them all on a CD. |
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Mel Culbreath
From:
Waynesville, NC, USA
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Posted 7 Sep 2005 3:26 pm
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Bob,
Man, I am so far behind the times.
After seeing your post, I called the local Wal-Mart and they said they would take 40 slides and put them on a CD for $2.82. I have about 1,000 of them I am going to get done. I'll try 40 first to see what the quality is like.
Thanks,
Mel
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Lou[NE]
From:
Weston, NE USA
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Posted 8 Sep 2005 2:07 pm
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Dang - I hadn't even thought of Wal-Mart. Guess that's a good place to start.
Thanks to all who responded.
Lou |
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Will Holtz
From:
San Francisco, California, USA
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Posted 8 Sep 2005 3:40 pm
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There are devices made just for scanning 35mm slides/negatives. They do a much better job than flatbed scanners with slide holders, as they have a higher resolution. (Last time I used one, about 1998, they were already doing 2400 dpi non-interpolated.) Unfortunately they also cost a bunch more than a flatbed scanner and its pretty much a serial process.
But unless you have a lot of time on your hands, I'd recommend going with Walmart or some other service. If they can't get you the quality you desire, then look into slide scanners. |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 8 Sep 2005 5:23 pm
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Wal-Mart will print for aprox. $.20 also.
Bill |
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Dan Dowd
From:
Paducah, KY, R.I.P.
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Posted 13 Sep 2005 6:07 am
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| Mel, I took some slides to our Wal Mart and they didnt know anything about doing slides. We have 2 Super Stores here so perhaps it is a local thing. The could make an paper copy for $.59 each. I would be happy to send the slides to your Wal Mart if they would do it. |
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Mel Culbreath
From:
Waynesville, NC, USA
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Posted 14 Sep 2005 1:26 pm
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Dan,
I would be glad to help you with this. Check your e-mail.
Mel |
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Lou[NE]
From:
Weston, NE USA
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Posted 26 Sep 2005 3:21 pm
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Wal-Mart worked for me. Darling Wife took 32 slides and they did them while she did other shopping. Some were reversed (mirrored) but I can fix that. She said the cost was still $2.82 - I guess they charge you the same whether you have 40 slides or just one.
Thanks to all.
Lou |
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John Daugherty
From:
Rolla, Missouri, USA
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