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Scanning Slides onto a Disc This question has to do with taking old slides and somehow getting them scanned and on to a disc?
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doug Nelson |
The best way is to use a film scanner. One for 35mm negatives and slides runs about $500. You can pay someone to do only your best slides for you. The least satisfactory way is to use a flatbed scanner. If you want to try this method, be sure the scanner scans a slide at 2400 pixels per inch and up. Slides that do not have dense shadow areas may turn out fine.
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Cynthia A. Jones |
I have a Minolta slide scanner. It costs about 300.00, and does a pretty good job. Photos can then be enhanced in the Photoshop program that comes with it. There are higher-quality scanners on the market, but this one is okay to start.
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Jay J. Ladouceur |
In case the scanning option isn't available but a digital camera is, here are two other methods to capture the slides to files. 1. Obtain a slide adapter to fit the lens of your camera, insert the slides and fire away. After either of the above you just transfer the images to your PC file or CD. All my photos at this link are examples of method number 2. They were from my Kodachrome slides projected onto the back of a white door and captured using a 4 megapixel camera. Hope that helps!
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LightAnon.com - Steve Parrott Contact Steve Parrott Steve Parrott's Gallery |
I have a slide adapter I use in a Nikon 990 digital camera. The adapter screws onto the lens filter threads, the slide is inserted, then the unit is held toward a bright light (bright daylight is best). The camera then takes a photo of the slide, and the results are really very, very good. I have done this for customers with no complaints. I just take the CF card from the camera and burn the images to a CD. I will be glad to do this for you if you want to send the slides.
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