What to do with old 35mm slides

12 years 1 month ago #212258 by Todd Knight
Cleaning out the garage I found a box of old 35mm slides and wondering what is the best way of getting these converted to digital files? Is this something I can do or will I need to send these into a lab?

Would there be a big difference in quality?


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12 years 1 month ago #212276 by icepics
Apparently they make slide holders similar to the film holders for scanners. I guess it would be a matter of comparing the cost of buying one and doing your own scanning or getting them scanned at a lab, and which is a better option if it's a one-time project.

Sharon
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12 years 1 month ago #212301 by Vahrenkamp
Check Wolverine from the bottom, they have what you need


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12 years 1 month ago #212323 by Darrell
I was just a friends birthday party and his wife had done his old slides on a dvd. It was done at Walmart and it was very cheap.
( I know Walmart #@@@$# !! I would rather go to the dentist ) but these were done really well.

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12 years 1 month ago - 12 years 1 month ago #212328 by Henry Peach
You can do it yourself, but between scanning and correcting the scans will be time consuming. If you feel confident in your digital processing skills then it's just a matter of considering your time vs cost of having a lab do it. Scancafe.com gets a lot of good reviews, and they charge less than 25 cents per slide to high res scan and correct.
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12 years 1 month ago #212349 by Baydream

Vahrenkamp wrote: Check Wolverine from the bottom, they have what you need

:agree: Wloverine has a 14mp convertor. Free-standing that writes to SD card. Takes time.
Some advertising low prices with lower res (7 mp)
www.scancafe.com/services/slide-scanning

Others offer custom scanning and include dust and scratch removal plus color correction and higher res.
www.shoeboxmemories.net/photoscanning.htm

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12 years 1 month ago #212782 by CWphotos
Thank you, Todd, for posting this thread! Thank YOU, Baydream, for including the link to Shoebox Memories! Just went to the site to check on costs, and was impressed! High res scans of slides ( choice of Tiff, even! ) for $1.15 each is wonderful!
I sent a slide away one time to have a print made...can't remember the name of the company...and they offered to do a high res scan in addition to the print--for $45! Yes, it was around 10 yrs. ago, but still...
Now, a question along the same line. Does anyone have experience scanning a curled slide, by any chance? A local developer ( who usually did GOOD work! ) allowed one of my rolls to dry too quickly, causing the whole roll to curl some. He mounted them, but the curl is still obvious, and I hesitate to have them scanned. One slide in particular, I'd love to be able to print...one of my favorite double exposures of a scene with a full moon. :angry:
Can anyone advise/help?

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12 years 1 month ago #212793 by icepics
If it's one particular image, I'd probably go to a local lab and let them take a look at it and see what they can do and see what your options would be.

Sharon
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12 years 1 month ago #212805 by CWphotos

icepics wrote: If it's one particular image, I'd probably go to a local lab and let them take a look at it and see what they can do and see what your options would be.


Therein lies the problem...one local lab, ( that I know of ) and they do very little on-site developing, etc since the world went digital. They've been doing more with scanning themselves from what I hear, so I might give them a call.
Thanks for the suggestion, icepicks!

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12 years 1 month ago #212808 by Baydream

CWphotos wrote:

icepics wrote: If it's one particular image, I'd probably go to a local lab and let them take a look at it and see what they can do and see what your options would be.


Therein lies the problem...one local lab, ( that I know of ) and they do very little on-site developing, etc since the world went digital. They've been doing more with scanning themselves from what I hear, so I might give them a call.
Thanks for the suggestion, icepicks!

Give Shoebox a call and see what they have to say. Sounds like they are used to dealing with old, faded, scratched, dusty slides - why not curled. Worst they could say is no.

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12 years 1 month ago #212809 by icepics
There aren't too many choices left where I live either. I'd probably for something like that want it to go to a place that has enough experience to handle a more specialized scan than someplace where they just run it thru the machine.

Good luck with it.

Sharon
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