How would I go about transfering pictures from slides to disk or film?
2007-08-15 05:42:44 · 5 answers · asked by Heather L 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
You can get them scanned in if you take them to a professional print/processing place. Have a look in your yellow pages.
2007-08-15 05:47:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you want to transfer your slides to film? You already have them on film, stored properly they shouldn't degrade.
The answer depends on a number of factors:
Do you have a film or digital SLR camera at the moment?
If so you can probably pick up a bellows slide copier on ebay, or a T2 mount daylight slide copier.
These let you copy to another slide or frame of print film, depending on the colour ballance of the film you use you will need to choose your illumination source carefully, lightboxes are a good idea for daylight film.
If you want digital archival then it depends on a number of factors:
What kind of print size do you want?
What is the end use of the scanned images?
How technical are you?
How much money do you want to spend?
Forget flatbeds, the only really decent ones are pretty expensive and require fluid mounting of the negatives. This is quite destructive.
You can pick up scanners with good resolution (the plustech 7200dpi film scanner, sold under a variety of names) for jsut over £120. This got good reviews, not quite as good contrast density as Nikons or Konica Minoltas, not as good software, but not a bad bit of kit considering the price.
This is quite labour intensive and time consuming.
The more you spend on a film scanner the better.
If you are only using 35mm then £400 should get you a good Nikon Coolscan. If you are using medium format then you are into four figures.
There is a device getting touted around just now which scans slides and negs in a few seconds. Forget this, the resolution is pretty low and the contrast density almost laughable. Pay cheap, pay twice.
The other option was to get a lab to do this for you.
Most will offer a variety of scan sizes, get the highest or you will regret it later. This isn't partiuclarly cheap, but gives somebody else the hassle.
2007-08-15 13:48:59 · answer #2 · answered by Paul R - Dipping my toe back in 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, there are a lot of decent cheap flatbed scanners with the right accessories included to make decent scans of slides. Or you can buy a slide scanner but there a bit more pricey.
Alternatively, many photo labs will transfer them to disk for you.
Check out:
Epson Perfection 4490, for around £130 it's supposed to be very good!
2007-08-15 05:50:32 · answer #3 · answered by brainwreck24 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll have to scan them to put them on a disc. You'll need a slide copier in a mount for your camera to transfer them to film if you have a film camera. Otherwise you'll have to find someone with a film camera and a slide copier or send them to a lab that does that type of thing.
2007-08-19 05:46:57 · answer #4 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, most EPSON scanners come with a slide attachment, and all the instructions to get started, much cheaper than getting it done professionally if you have a lot, although it takes a long time, but just when you buy the scanner make sure it does have a slide attachment, nearl all EPSON scanners do.... Good luck
2007-08-18 09:48:23 · answer #5 · answered by George Harris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋