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slide scanning sources

updated sat 22 aug 09

 

Donald Burroughs on fri 21 aug 09


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Don

Marcia Selsor on fri 21 aug 09


Don,
I got my Nikon Coolscan 5000 a few years ago on ebay. I paid about 1/2
of that. It came with great software that does amazing restoration of
color (old red slides ), can eliminate some/most scratches, and can
pull up images from an almost black slide.
Since I was doing many professoinal presentations at the time and
wanted to archive my thousands of slides from Europe and Asia
it was worth it to me. Some of my images are 30 -40 years old and
really in bad shape. Powerpoint lectures are a large part of what I
present at workshops.
It can also crop and enlarge portions of slides , so I can emphasize
certain aspects in case I missed taking the photo originally.
Doing this can take time. I read that using the 50 slide feed can jam
the machine. I do them individually and am amazed at the quality
produced.
Marcia

On Aug 21, 2009, at 7:25 AM, Donald Burroughs wrote:

> While that scanner may well only be $69.99 I doubt that it would
> compare to
> Nikon Coolscan. A Coolscan 5000 starts 1450.00 Canadian, but the
> Epson that
> has been mentioned is also very good. Depends on your budget and what
> quality you want. The coolscan is a negative/slide scanner only.
> Checkout this
> possibility if you are using a Nikon camera
> http://www.vistek.ca/store/Scanners/168376/nikon-ese28-slide-copy-
> adapter.aspx
>
> Don
>

Marcia Selsor
http://marciaselsor.com