Slide Scanner
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Slide Scanner
by harryadkins » Sat Feb 07, 2015 8:56 pm
Can anyone recommend a good slide scanner at a reasonable price? I bought my scanner/printer because it promised to scan slide, but the quality is not what I hoped for. I have hundreds of railroad slides taken over 60 years that I would like to share with the community so I would like something that is simple to use and quick. Suggestions are appreciated...
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Re: Slide Scanner
by Chacal » Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:01 pm
Join the club.
You can have a professional quality scanner that costs a fortune and takes minutes to scan each slide at 4000 dpi (it truly scans), or ones that are specialized digital cameras, i.e. they don't scan your slide but take a picture of it. Of this last kind, there are cheap ones that gives very poor quality, and more expensive ones that may give good quality if you know how to use them.
In all cases, you will probably have to fix / color correct each slide in some photo software. This takes from seconds to minutes.
Look for a scanner that has good reviews on specialized sites/forums. Also look for one that has Digital ICE Clean-Up.
It is possible to get good results using a DSLR camera with a lens adapter, this takes high resolution pictures instantly, this is good if you can get the true colors, which depends a lot on the lighting.
Finally, you may want to select your best slides and send them to a professional service.
You can have a professional quality scanner that costs a fortune and takes minutes to scan each slide at 4000 dpi (it truly scans), or ones that are specialized digital cameras, i.e. they don't scan your slide but take a picture of it. Of this last kind, there are cheap ones that gives very poor quality, and more expensive ones that may give good quality if you know how to use them.
In all cases, you will probably have to fix / color correct each slide in some photo software. This takes from seconds to minutes.
Look for a scanner that has good reviews on specialized sites/forums. Also look for one that has Digital ICE Clean-Up.
It is possible to get good results using a DSLR camera with a lens adapter, this takes high resolution pictures instantly, this is good if you can get the true colors, which depends a lot on the lighting.
Finally, you may want to select your best slides and send them to a professional service.
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Re: Slide Scanner
by buzz456 » Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:10 pm
I'll look and see what I have tomorrow. It's not the handiest thing on the planet but the quality is pretty darn good and it didn't cost a whole lot.
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"Some people find fault like there's a reward for it."- Zig Ziglar
"If you can dream it you can do it."- Walt Disney
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Re: Slide Scanner
by alanch » Sun Feb 08, 2015 5:08 am
I bought a Konica Minolta Dimage Scan Dual IV many years ago to improve on the quality I got from printer scans of my ancient black and white negatives and colour slides, and was very impressed with it. You can see some of the results on Google+ https://plus.google.com/photos/10506703 ... banner=pwa - look at the collections Railway Images - 01 to 13.
Unfortunately I don't think the scanner is made any more, but you should be able to pick one up second hand.
Unfortunately I don't think the scanner is made any more, but you should be able to pick one up second hand.
Alan
My railway photos are back - you can access them from this thread viewtopic.php?f=24&t=21667a . Lots of UK steam and early diesels from the late 1950s and early 1960s.
My railway photos are back - you can access them from this thread viewtopic.php?f=24&t=21667a . Lots of UK steam and early diesels from the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Re: Slide Scanner
by buzz456 » Sun Feb 08, 2015 10:21 am
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/8 ... lm_To.html
This is the one I have. It now costs about a hundred dollars. The quality it produces is just excellent.
Here is a few product pics.
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=12041&p=139548&hilit=pictures#p139548
This is the one I have. It now costs about a hundred dollars. The quality it produces is just excellent.
Here is a few product pics.
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=12041&p=139548&hilit=pictures#p139548
Buzz
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"If you can dream it you can do it."- Walt Disney
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