![]() Most of the plastic ones went through in batches of 12 very smoothly. The cardboard ones from Kodak tended to be the most uncooperative and often had to be fed in individually. It’s easy to use in principle and reasonably fast but the effectiveness of the feeder depends on the type of slide mount. I used an ION Slides Forever 35mm Slide and negative scanner with rapid slide feeder currently selling on Amazon for £45.99 ( ) It’s a great relief, if a bit nerve-racking, to have put the originals in the bin. ![]() Finishing this task was a lockdown project. I have scanned every 35mm slide in the house. I actually wrote it before most of them came in but had a problem sending it. I hope this is still useful on top of all the other replies. No guarantees (you’d have to experiment) but I think these two options are the least expensive and most convenient ways of providing images suitable for a club slide show. ![]() Alternatively, place a slide on a lightbox (or some other ad hoc arrangement that gives an even light source), and use the macro settings on a digital camera/lens to photograph the illuminated image (camera will need to be on a tripod). If you have, or have access to, a slide projector, you could use a digital camera to photograph a projected image. Apart from the expense, all such post-processing can be very time consuming.Īnd now I’ve thought of two more options. To some extent, you can do this on your scanner’s preview screen, but imaging software will give better results – Adobe Lightroom and/or Photoshop are market leaders for good reason, but require a monthly subscription these days. Sadly, that’s rarely the case if you do it yourself – a flat response is more likely, which will need corrections for colour, contrast, shadow detail etc. For slides, you would need the professional version, available now at £60.00 (with free upgrades thereafter).Ī commercial service should provide a projection / publication ready product. This is third party software with a USP of reverse engineering the drivers of scanners no longer supported by today’s operating systems, but is quite likely to be better and easier to use than software that comes with a modern scanner, especially for slides. If you follow that route, I’d recommend you drive your scanner with VueScan. scans? This will not produce results that match a dedicated slide scanner, but could be satisfactory for a slide show. Other than using a commercial service (expensive) I have one suggestion.ĭo you have, or have access to, a good quality flat-bed scanner offering high res. I have a couple of Nikon dedicated 35mm scanners, and if I lived somewhere sensible like Sheffield you would be very welcome to borrow one but that’s not the case. ![]() Like Steve, I have done a lot of scanning over the years. ![]()
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