I have a pile of 35mm photo slides and negatives & I don't want to lose the high resolution and details of the originals.
2006-10-10 13:51:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
If you don't want to lose the resolution and details, you are going to have to bite the bullet and get a good film scanner. The Nikon Coolscan V ED will go up to 4800 dpi resolution. There is a slight learning curve, but it's a great piece of equipment. Minolta makes one that is probably comparable in the same price range, which is about $600.
If your pile is not that big, you may be able to get this done commercially for not too much money. Heck, if all you want is 50 slides scanned without any dust removal or other editting, I'd do it for a price!
2006-10-10 19:05:22 · answer #1 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to get them onto your computer is to either 1. scan them yourself, or 2. turn it over to a professional film development and photo finishing store. Depending upon how many film positives you have, you will have to weigh the the savings of whether to buy say a $200 Epson scanner or spend perhaps $100 on high res drum scans. Of course the scanners that a professional slide scanning business utilizes will almost certainly be of better quality than say the scans you will get with an Epson flatbed, but really depends upon the output. How large will you print these images?
2006-10-10 15:51:52 · answer #2 · answered by wackywallwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your flatbed scanner has that feature or ability, then yes. Otherwise, putting the slide on the tray will likely not work. Scanners that can do this are usually equipped with a removable panel on the flatbed or a white backdrop rather than the black. They will often have a plastic tray that you can insert three or more slides at a time to be scanned. The feature on the software provided with the scanner must also be changed from reflective to transparent so that it knows you are using film or a slide, rather than a photo or other normal page.
2016-03-28 04:15:35 · answer #3 · answered by Barbara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't use a flatbed scanner! Get a film scanner. They're not all really expensive. I have a Plustek that didn't cost a lot, but makes nice scans. The only thing is it takes a long time if you have a lot of pictures to scan.
2006-10-10 16:38:29 · answer #4 · answered by Terisu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sen them to me I do that Job in Hig res.
2006-10-11 04:22:11 · answer #5 · answered by bigonegrande 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋