Posted: 4/1/2013 4:16:58 PM EDT
| my Dad just gave me 700 slides that he wants to get converted to digital....any suggestions on the easiest way to get this accomplished.... |
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Do you have a Walgreens nearby? http://www.walgreensdvdtransfer.com//transfer-photos.htm |
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my Dad just gave me 700 slides that he wants to get converted to digital....any suggestions on the easiest way to get this accomplished.... It really depends on how he plans to use these slides. Title slides can probably be scanned with a cheap flat bed. Clinical slides you may want to use a mid range scanner, such as a Nikon Coolpix scanner. Slides for future publication should be scanned professionally. Home/travel/party slides, probably can be scanned using a coolpix, but really any flatbed scanner would probably be adequate unless you are planning to print the images at some later date. Otherwise, image quality will be adequate for slide shows and home movies. |
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I had no idea they would do it...they are rater cryptic with pricing.. |
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I used this...scanner and was more than happy with the results and particularly the speed. Stand alone meant I didn't have to get out the laptop (could do while watching tv) and used 2 memory cards so 1 could be uploading while 1 was having slides put on it. Started off wiping every slide and blasting it with canned air, after a couple of boxes gave up on that (took too long) and only redid photos if there was a noticible hair or dust on the pic.
Do yourself a favour and don't bother with ALL the photos, my (recently deceased) Father was 'into' photography and took photos of flowers/trees- all went in the trash, a daffodil in bloom looks the same in 2013 as it did in 1965. Most interesting ones were of street scenes, even non-family got a kick out of those. Also had my Mother put names to faces, amazing that so many people were at her wedding she can't remember! This is even more important as you age and your kids look at the photos. Used photobucket for the uploads, could password protect them and give the password to relatives, they could then see the photos, and even add comments/names without being able to view all my gun related photos! Hope this helps, PM if you have any ???s. |
| If you're near a Costco, they've got THIS 20 megapixel Film Scanner..$79 |
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my Dad just gave me 700 slides that he wants to get converted to digital....any suggestions on the easiest way to get this accomplished.... It really depends on how he plans to use these slides. Title slides can probably be scanned with a cheap flat bed. Clinical slides you may want to use a mid range scanner, such as a Nikon Coolpix scanner. Slides for future publication should be scanned professionally. Home/travel/party slides, probably can be scanned using a coolpix, but really any flatbed scanner would probably be adequate unless you are planning to print the images at some later date. Otherwise, image quality will be adequate for slide shows and home movies. I did some very similar to this, a few years ago. I just wanted a copy so that I could conveniently carry and view the photos.So I just purchased a Cannon 5600F and I was very happy with the results for this purpose. |