Slides

[101RRS]

In my younger days I took most of my pics on slide film. In this day and digital age the format is less relevant for happy snaps.

I would like to convert the slides - quite a few hundred to digital and later print some. The first issue is that many of the slides have not been stored as well as they should have been and have marks and spots on them - the underlying film seems Ok so I need to use something to clean them up. Any suggested what solvent/fluid might be suitable and what cloth/tissue should be used.

Also my current canon scanner cannot scan slides even with an adaptor - I am prepared to buy a new one for this task but do not have a clue what might be best for slides - my current one works well for general scanning. As this scanner would be used just for the slides I would prefer not to pay big dollars for one - are there alternatives to scanning - I have a box for taking photos of slides but the result is totally unacceptable.

Thanks

Garry

[mowog]

I am on a digitization project as well.

Cleaning:

I got a can of Compressed air from Dick Smith. Handy for blowing dust off the scanner and the slides.

I got an Epson V700 to scan my film and it is an awesome unit. It has settings for dust and age correction. It is however fairly expensive.

[Chucaro]

If I have to do the job I would scan and then clean the digital image with PS.
In any case you will need to do some PP on them so you save one stage in your workflow.

[pop058]

I am on a digitization project as well.

Cleaning:

I got a can of Compressed air from Dick Smith. Handy for blowing dust off the scanner and the slides.

I got an Epson V700 to scan my film and it is an awesome unit. It has settings for dust and age correction. It is however fairly expensive.

Got Nan the epsom scanner for chrissy. It is a dedicated scanner only and has frames for holding slides and negatives. up there as far as price is concerned, but an excellent bit of kit with good software

Paul

[JDNSW]

At least some of the dedicated slide scanners scan twice, once using IR to get an image of the dust, which is then removed from the image. This seems a good idea to me.

Unfortunately, they are also pretty expensive - consider looking for a service that scans them. In my case I am planning to see if I can make a jig to copy them using my camera.

John

[101RRS]

If I have to do the job I would scan and then clean the digital image with PS.
In any case you will need to do some PP on them so you save one stage in your workflow.

PS & PP ????

[dmdigital]

Do a search on the Hasselblad FlexTight range of dedicated film scanners. But make sure you are sitting comfortably before you look at the price

Nikon still (but it may be discontinued) make a dedicated film scanner. These were quiet common a few years ago from many scanner/imaging manufacturers but seem to have disappeared.

As well as the the Epson V700 units consider a Microtek as these have always been a good brand of scanner in the past.

[Chucaro]

PS & PP ????

PS = Photoshop or you can use other software

PP = post processing

Sorry I am used to post in photography forums

[abaddonxi]

Cheap, dunno about the quality.

I think they're the same thing, just that one comes with an lcd.

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