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Suggestion for a slide scanner?
My wife and I would like to scan our parents' old slides (the total number is probably somewhere in the hundreds). I have a flatbed scanner, but it only goes up to 1200dpi, and using it may prove overly cumbersome with that many slides.
So I'm looking at maybe buying a slide scanner. We don't have a lot of money to spend, so no fancy $300 models please. I also don't mind standing there and feeding in one or a handful at a time. We'd like something that doesn't take up too much space, and ideally, I'd like to at least consider buying one that features digital ICE.
Any suggestions?
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Do you have a slide projector and a digital camera?
If so you could take digital pictures of each slide and put those in your computer via the camera. This way you can retake the photos as much as needed to get the best look and the cost is only your time. Nothing else to buy that will be a dust collector after you finish.
Something to think about!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Im a collector of war letters, war diaries, and war slides. I have three cases of Vietnam slides I need to scan. Ebay has slide scanners that start at around $75. The cheapest ones you probably have to feed individually, As you said, you dont care. I also have been buying old negatives, so I need a flatbed scanner. Im talking about not just large sized plastic negatives. Im talking about a small collection of glass negatives I need to scan. you might want to type up some descriptions of the photos. Like maybe theres interesting vacation photos that have an interesting story to tell. for a slide, type up a description, then save the file as a PDF record. Then you can burn a DVD of all the photos, with the PDF files inserted in the proper places, for description of the photos. u follow what Im saying? I dont think your slides should eat up too many gigabytes, but I could be wrong. Im no expert. If the photos eat up too much hard-drive space, buy an external drive for $100! I saw advertised today an external hard-drive for $100 with 750 GB space. get a flash drive, and save some photos to your flash-drive. A flash drive you can hang on a key chain and keep in your pocket.