Community Newsletter: Q&A: 1/28/05 Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides
- 1/27/05 5:13 PM
Digitizing 35mm negatives &slides-SCANWIT 2720s selling
by ehmusic - 1/29/05 10:50 AM In reply to: 1/28/05 Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Robert, or anyone interested in serial port SCANWIT 2720s to digitize your 35mm negatives and slides:
I am selling a ScanWit 2720s / serial port connection with all of the software, negative and slide accessories and all of the cables. If anyone is interested, please contact me at eh430@earthlink.net and I would be happy to discuss. I have moved onto a USB port scanner. I had scanned numerous photos and the quality was quite good. It is in excellent condition.
Elyse
35 mm scans
by rub - 1/29/05 11:34 AM In reply to: 1/28/05 Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I just bought an Epson 3170 Photo for that same purpose, old transparencies that are shifing. I have some Kodachromes 55 years old that needed color balancing and the scan produced 8 x 10s that I corrected with Paint Shop Pro, contrast, brightness, shadow illumination, color balance, and saturation. The high resolution scan takes a long time so I use one of my other PCs for that part of the work and occasionally walk over and change slides.
Epson 3170
by rub - 1/29/05 11:41 AM In reply to: 35 mm scans by rubForgot to mention, I bought a refurb from Epson for $160 or 170. Max resolution is 3200x6400. Price is now down to ~ $125
Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides
by W A - 1/29/05 1:34 PM In reply to: 1/28/05 Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The HP scanjet 3970. it will solve your problem, it includes a device for scanning negatives and 35mm slides ofcourse with a software to handle this.
Note: I don't know if my answer is considered as an adv, if so please ignore it
thanks
Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides
by alpap - 1/29/05 1:57 PM In reply to: 1/28/05 Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
This is an anciliary question.
Does anyone have a good idea of how to clean old slides, so that spots do not appear on the scanned images.
A great flatbed scanner
by jayfin - 1/29/05 9:03 PM In reply to: 1/28/05 Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Robert,
I have an older model HP all in one scanner and printer which has served me well in scanning photos, but it was not able to handle slides and negatives. So I just recently purchased a Cannon (CanoScan 8400F) scanner. I have never been happier with a product than I have with this one. It will make excellent images from photos, slides both 35mm and larger, plus 35mm negatives. It scans 4 slides at a time. It is simple to use and for this oldtimer (74 yrs young) that is a must. But equally important is the photo software that comes with it: "ArcSoft PhotoStudio" which is the best and easiet of all the various image editing programs I have ever used. I had a number of photos that had faded into an off red color and were barely veiwable, but with ArcSoft I was able with only a few tweeks to bring the photos back to their original state. I am in the process of scanning 50 years of photos and slides with the hope of eventually burning them into one or two DVD's.
Best of luck with your adventure in digitizing your slides.
John
Digitizing 35mm slides and negatives.
by jjmorris79 - 1/30/05 2:50 PM In reply to: 1/28/05 Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
In paragraph 5 of Len C.'s response he mentioned using an external flourescent light on a flatbed scanner. How does he turn off the scanners internal flourescent light so as not to interfere with the scan?
Thanks Joe
"THE" answer to Home Digitizing of Negatives, Slides& Prints
by christographer - 1/30/05 5:54 PM In reply to: 1/28/05 Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
It's so hard for me to read so many people's suggestions on how to do this! I see the world according to "right and wrong....black and white" so all the other stuff just complicates matters. The best was to get your prints, negatives and slide onto your computer with the least cost is simply......The Hewlett Packard Photosmart S20. It easily scans (and properly scans...more importantly) all your prints (up to 5x7, negatives black or white and slides. BEST OF ALL.......I bought mine from globalcomputer.com for under 99.00! It plugs into your computer via a usb port....load the software, and you're on your way to VERY HIGH QUALITY storage of your memories! Just don't use flat bed scanners. (BY THE WAY....I'M A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER) Here's to more memories!
"THE" answer to Home Digitizing of Negatives, Slides& Print
by nrsmd - 1/31/05 6:50 PM In reply to: "THE" answer to Home Digitizing of Negatives, Slides& Prints by christographerI also use the HP S20 that I bought years ago -- $300.00 back then, and I could'nt be more satisfied. It works great.
And what about scanning X-Ray films ?
by jamont - 1/31/05 2:57 AM In reply to: 1/28/05 Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I need to scan several teeth X-Ray films but I don't know how to do. Is it the same way as scanning 35mm films ?
Digitizing 35 mm slides
by rhong - 1/31/05 9:35 AM In reply to: 1/28/05 Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I asked a professional who converts slides to CDs or videos and he suggested that I project the slides onto a flat white surface (probably better than a beaded screen) and take pictures of the projection with a digital camera. I haven't tried it, but I think it is definitely a possibility considering the $$ involved with alternative solutions. Moreover the labor involved in scanning hundreds of slides is a backbreaking approach. Most of us who want to do this sort of thing want an easy way to access collections of family photos that we can give to our families and friends. We don't need studio prints. You probably already have a projector and you can borrow a digital camera if you don't have one. In less than one hour you will know whether you have a viable solution or not. I think the key to this approach is the quality of the digital image. I'll bet it will be more than satisfactory for 99% of the readers.
daylight fluorescent lamp
by johnmac328 - 2/1/05 1:19 PM In reply to: 1/28/05 Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Could you provide a wattage? Daylight fluorescent lamp is rather general.
Thanks
johnmac328
Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides
by arielrod - 2/1/05 5:31 PM In reply to: 1/28/05 Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Robert
Some time ago I was able to buy from HP a little gadget to scan slides in flatbed scanners without slide adapter. It is a three dimentional triangle called Scanjet Slide Adapter. I don't know if it is still available, but the HP side has a page for it which you can find at
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&docname=bps03306
If it is not available, it may be easily built out of stiff cardboard. It is 5" inches long, 2.75 inches high and 2.25 inches wide. In the inside lateral surfaces you may stick two pieces of mirror or high polished tin metal (than what my has) that will reflect the light of the scanner. The instruction for use, you will find in the document at the HP website.
It does not make miracles, but I was able to scan a few slides and make decent copies.
Good luck
I have a UMax, Astra #2200 scanner
by gogirl218 - 2/26/05 8:01 PM In reply to: 1/28/05 Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I know it has the capacity to do negatives, but I didn't know when I bought it in approxly 2000, that I had to buy this feature as an additional piece of equipment. Is it possible to get it from the mfg. at this late date? Or am I out of luck?
I have a lot of negatives I'd like to scann.
Please help if you can.
Regards, Jo T. Whitesell
digitalizing slides
by kwillisw - 5/3/05 5:31 AM In reply to: 1/28/05 Digitizing 35mm negatives and slides by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
i just purchased a canoscan model 9950F. it comes with all kinds of trays for old slides and all old format negatives up to 4 inches. you can scan a lot of slides at one time and it cleans them up nicely. i purchased it from Page Computers on line and was very happy with the fast delivery and price ($325.00) the cheapest i had found. did a lot of research and searching before i made this purchase. can't find another scanner that came with all the accessories big enough to scan the sizes of negatives (B&W) i had. compared to a lot of scanners this may be the best i have found.
| Forum legend: | |
 |
Locked thread |
 |
Moderator |
 |
CNET staff |
 |
Samsung staff |
 |
Norton Authorized Support team |
 |
AVG staff |
 |
Windows Outreach team |
 |
Dell staff |
 |
Intel staff |
