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| Thread ID: 83120 | 2007-09-20 01:54:00 | Scanning 35mm Slides | B.M. (505) | Press F1 |
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| 593145 | 2007-09-20 01:54:00 | Have any of you good folk had any luck scanning 35mm slides? I’ve heard of people doing it, but don’t know if they purchased some gizmo to complement their scanner or manufactured something themselves, |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 593146 | 2007-09-20 02:07:00 | I have an Epson 4990 Scanner and it does a nice job of slides and negatives. I scan at high resolution and save to tif. Get a good scanner and you will get a good result, or go one better and get a film/slide scanner |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 593147 | 2007-09-20 06:53:00 | I have a $900 something scanner Epson V700 which is a flatbed scanner that does 35mm to medium format (120/220) rolls and large format up to 8x10 inch size sheet film as these days film cameras have gotten so much cheaper I may get myself medium format and large format setup. I still enjoy film. However for such a price you could really get a new Nikon dedicated scanner that does 35mm film with optional APS attachment. Minolta also does v good dedicated scanners but they have discontinued. I say go on trademe and wait and wait til you get a good price, sometimes a buy now price can be had for as less as $400. The V model is the modern one, the IV is almost just as good. For me I would like to get a Nikon 8000 or 9000 to be able to scan medium format size as well but it doesn't do large format (sheet film). The Epson flatbed scanners does a good job I am not convinced they will hold the same quality when blown to A3 size printed. But again for the same price as a V700 scanner get the dedicated scanner instead. It is also possible to pick up a $300-400 flatbed scanner as well that does 35mm film - negatives and positive slide film. But again if you wait you could well get a dedicated scanner at the $400 mark as well. If no buy now, the market price could actually go right up to $700. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 593148 | 2007-09-20 06:54:00 | The general thing with dedicated scanners is that they can pick up more shadow details in slide film than flatbed scanners and not as noisy/grainy. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 593149 | 2007-09-20 07:53:00 | The best results come from a dedicated film scanner. The highly regarded Plustek OpticFilm 7200 is available new in NZ for under $450. It is probably not worth paying the extra for the 7200i model. |
tutaenui (1724) | ||
| 593150 | 2007-09-20 09:18:00 | I've got heaps of slides to scan and have been watching Trade Me for months. I've never heard of the Plustek OpticFilm 7200-who sells those? And is the $450 you mention new? Thanks. | Grimy (3041) | ||
| 593151 | 2007-09-20 09:37:00 | What about a commercial solution? www.digitalmax.co.nz I can't speak for the ScanPix option but I've had good results from this site with other photo prints etc. |
Hokonui (8280) | ||
| 593152 | 2007-09-20 09:50:00 | I have a Musrek 2400TA which does a reasonable job but I have about 300 to do for someone and was going to try projecting and then taking a digital photo to speed things up. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 593153 | 2007-09-20 11:12:00 | What about a commercial solution? www.digitalmax.co.nz I can't speak for the ScanPix option but I've had good results from this site with other photo prints etc. The problem with that place are the prices unless I missed it .. those $20 per roll I think, applies to unprocessed film .. so they can throw a whole roll into the machine and press the auto button. When film has been processed and cut into strips or to individuals it becomes much more expensive, most labs charge $1 per frame to be scanned and some places $5 and it depends on the size, if you wanted a really big file they could even charge you $100 per shot. May be diff prices per format and to a MB tier size. Scanning is an art. Scanning is a lot more difficult than to edit a RAW digital file. I could go to a photog specialist place that sells all kinds of film and cameras .. to your $8k Nikons/Canons to your Hasselblads at $30k to sheet film cameras to fridged professional grade film, the quality of prints to me isn't that flash. However some 1hr are great from pple I know and there is also the even more pro places but again pple and myself have got scratch marks on the film itself but they don't show up in the prints. Get a few sample done and see if you are happy or not ... These days I just process the film, since unlike overseas NZ's small market, they don't import chemicals other than black and white. So I just let them process them and I scan, edit and print myself off my A3+ printer. ie .. if one takes film for reprints at diff labs .. you get sig diff print qualities. If a pro did your wedding, they would either do it themselves or use a lab they have a real working business relationship with. When you talk about print or scanning and you want good quality there is also a charge of print color matching which some labs charge more on top for this service. Which I think, they will repeat prints until the color matches provided you provide them a sample for them to work towards as a benchmark. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 593154 | 2007-09-20 20:17:00 | Hmmm, looks like an expensive operation to get anything off comercial quality. I tried this this (www.abstractconcreteworks.com) but although it sort of worked on one scanner it didn't on another. Anybody with any No.8 wire modifications? :D |
B.M. (505) | ||
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