Slides!!!!!!

[Paul worms]

I was thinking of writing to a photo magazine but thought with is a touring topic!

 

We are about to move house and having as you do a good old turn out, we have found hundreds of photo slides which we have taken over the past years caravaning and motorhoming.

 

I know that some one will be able to help! Is there any where we can get these slides transfered on to a disc, any suggestions most welcomed. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

 

Paul

[Bazza454]

Paul "worms" - 2007-05-09 10:31 PM I was thinking of writing to a photo magazine but thought with is a touring topic! We are about to move house and having as you do a good old turn out, we have found hundreds of photo slides which we have taken over the past years caravaning and motorhoming. I know that some one will be able to help! Is there any where we can get these slides transfered on to a disc, any suggestions most welcomed. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D Paul

Hi Paul,

Google "transfer slides to CD/DVD", there are hundreds of companies that do this -

http://www.slidesondvd.co.uk/

[michele]

You can also get a slide carrier adapter for certain scanners

[twooks]

we got a lot of ours transferred, not cheap [sorry can't remember what we paid ] but it fairly labour intensive. Make sure they are 'fluff free' you can clean any funny marks off using the various programs available - but it's better if they are clean to begin with.

We think it's been worthwhile, they are much more accessible and take up virtually no [physical] space.

Have printed off some really good shots and got them framed, looks very professional - didn't realise I was soo verrry talented *-)

 

B-)

[Basil]

I am not into slide photo's myself but my brother has transferred literally hundreds using a scanner of the type mentioned by Michelle, and a damn fine job he has made of them. It is only a cheap scanner costing around the £35 mark plus the cost of the slide carrier which was offered at the same time for an additional £12. I believe the make was Mustek (??) or something like that but until I see him I cannot confirm, my point being this cheapo scanner did a spectacularly good job so I would suggest that Michelles point is the way to go.

 

Quite remarkable results, once scanned they can be stored on any media or printed in the normal digital way

 

Bas

[michele]

basil,

you are correct Mustek but the black widow is the same machine with a good Sw package costiing sightly more .

 

SEeeeee I do know somethings just not about M/H's lol :D

[RonB]

It really depends on what type of quality you are after and this differs greatly whichever route you take. Here are some options open to you;

 

Specialist Labs - Jessops transfer to CD at £10 for the first fifteen slides and then at 50p each.

 

Scanners - You need a dedicated slide scanner for this. Ordinary print scanners, with or without adapters, are not up to it and it is a pain frankly.

 

Camera Adaptors - If you own a digital SLR camera you can buy a copier attachment that replaces your lens. Very easy to do.

 

Light Box - Again if you have a digital SLR camera you can place your slides on a light box (black the surrounding out first) and copy them with a close up lens or filter.

 

 

[David Dwight]

Hi Paul,

yes some scanners come with slide carriers an they work very well, much cheaper than getting them done by the so called experts.

 

David