Digitizing 35mm negatives

[RSoles]

I've got a stack of old 35mm slides & negatives that I'd like to transfer to pc.
Maplin have a couple of negative/slide scanners.

e.g.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=225878
Anyone got/used one of these?

RS

[bogeyman]

I've got a stack of old 35mm slides & negatives that I'd like to transfer to pc.
Maplin have a couple of negative/slide scanners.

e.g.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=225878
Anyone got/used one of these?

RS

Well it's not going to be up to pro standards, but for £80 it's got to be worth a go.

I too have zillions of negs and slides I keep meaning to digitize but it's such a painfully slow process, I let it slip.

I use a Minolta film scannner that does 35mm and 6x6/7 (can't remember the exact model - it's quite elderly and mega slow).

Invest in plenty of canned-air and an anti-stat gun or you'll be forever re-scanning, or worse, cloning out the bits of crap in PhotoShop.

[EvilWeevil]

Alternately, there are a number of commercial operations who will scan and digitise the negatives for you. Worth investigating, as it is a rather tedious progress.

[expat]

Well it's not going to be up to pro standards, but for £80 it's got to be worth a go.

I too have zillions of negs and slides I keep meaning to digitize but it's such a painfully slow process, I let it slip.

I use a Minolta film scannner that does 35mm and 6x6/7 (can't remember the exact model - it's quite elderly and mega slow).

Invest in plenty of canned-air and an anti-stat gun or you'll be forever re-scanning, or worse, cloning out the bits of crap in PhotoShop.

WHS!

Firstly, I would not count on throwing out the originals afterwards: they are an excellent backup (different media, don't need refreshed) and they will contain more data than the scanner will extract. Later scanners (or one-by-one professional drum scans) will get more out of them.

Secondly, and given that, do you want to scan the lot, or just some (then more later as the inclination takes you)? Personally I found after starting off spending hours methodically scanning all my old crap, I decided to approach from the other end: do the selection at the film stage, and scan the best photos first, but do a good job on them.

[n5gooner]

have a look at www.slidescan4u.co.uk

[Diver]

have a look at www.slidescan4u.co.uk

Bookkmarked that one, Thanks gooner

PS. Nice to see you back again

[n5gooner]

Bookkmarked that one, Thanks gooner

PS. Nice to see you back again

yea its been awhile.....working hard you see......also did a sopt of travel to Thailand.

[expat]

5Mpixel... 35mm is about 20Mpixel...

Film lasts a looooooooong time, apart from some 40 odd year old Kodachrome which has done very strange things...

20Mp? You'll be luckeee!

They say 15Mp for the best: Kodachrome & Velvia. But Mp isn't everything: put your Kodachrom in a Leica, a cheap SLR, and a P&S, and you'll get the same Mp in each, but not the same quality.

5Mp is OK for bulk scans, you keep the film for sure and you can get the best pics scanned better. The real problem with cheaper scanners is that they don't see into the shadows very well.