Thread: negs to CD

you can eithet buy a new scanner with the neg carrier built into the lid or take them to a camera store that does processing and get them to scan them and didgitise them to disc for you, no idea on the cost but its something i need to do at some stage.

I have seen a suggestion (that I intend to carry out) - make up a simple light source (bulb) with a frosted screen on a base board, with a mounting screw for your camera (digital, with a macro function) - and simply photograph them. (same for slides)

I have a slide/negative scanner and have scanned a lot of slides but find it very fiddly. Also, my slide scanner will not do large format negatives and slides.

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

I have seen a suggestion (that I intend to carry out) - make up a simple light source (bulb) with a frosted screen on a base board, with a mounting screw for your camera (digital, with a macro function) - and simply photograph them. (same for slides)

I have a slide/negative scanner and have scanned a lot of slides but find it very fiddly. Also, my slide scanner will not do large format negatives and slides.

John

I did see years ago an adapter that mounted in place of a camera lens that had a neg carrier on it ( a bit like a darkroom projector) that you used to copy the negs/ slides.

Originally Posted by easo

G'day all, I was wondering if there is a way to get negs onto CD and what the cost would be.

Cheers, Easo

G'day Easo,
I bought a Canon Pixma MP800 scanner/printer combo for about $350 (was MUCH cheaper than getting a camera shop to do them, and I fancied keeping all my arms and legs!), and have started doing my old mans slides and negs from the late 60's early 70's.
Have a gander over at Picasa Web Albums - Kieren - Dads Carousel 2
(they've been scaled down for web optimization, and come out quite a bit bigger than that!)

As long as you don't have too many to do, and you don't mind sending them to WA, I could bang them on disc and send back.....no cost other than postage.

..:: KIEREN ::..
2000 LandRover Discovery II - V8 Auto

Just bought a canon photo scanner will do 3 prints in about 10 secs and strip of negatives in about 8 minutes at about 600 dpi resolution, working my way through photo albums quite quickly at moment done about 3500 prints

HP 4010 photo scanner will do prints negatives and slides about $350

If your just after negatives and slides on ebay there are some windows software machines for around $150

Some top end machines for slides and negatives going for around $45o on ebay.

Getting them done on some costings l had was 30 cents a slide/ negative

I bought my parents one of these Plustek Opticfilm 7200 Film & Slide Scanner - eBay, Film, Photographic Accessories, Cameras. (end time 16-Aug-08 21:50:03 AEST)
It does negatives as well as slides. I'm not sure if he's used it yet, I know he's got a mountain of slides to go thru!

Cheers all, we are in masive clean out mode at the moment and I have stuumbled on a whole box of negs from the day I joined the Army. Just pondering the idea.

Cheers again. Easo