30 plus years ago I did all of my colour photography using 35mm slides, as colour prints were expensive and the quality wasn't as good. I have hundreds of slides which I want to transfer to the PC so I can view and print etc..

I have seen various types of these scanners on the market, but I wonder how good they are? I have also seen adaptors, which look like a light box for the flat bed scanners. I am also thinking about changing my flat bed scanner, so would I be better off buying a flat bed with the film scanning adaptor or one of the stand along 35mm scanners?

The cheap ones are rubbish as a rule & will give poor results if as it seems you went the slide route due to quality. Much the same for adapters. Good ones are expensive but you can sell them when you've done. Its also time consuming.

As it's a one time project it may be worth going through your slides & thinning out the ones you want to keep & then sending them to a professional service to be scanned for you.

Example:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/35mm-Slide-Scanning-Scanner-Service-100-slides-16p-each-/140569961711?pt=UK_Photography_Slide_Projectors&hash=item20ba9f64ef

Seller karmaan_design

30 plus years ago I did all of my colour photography using 35mm slides, as colour prints were expensive and the quality wasn't as good. I have hundreds of slides which I want to transfer to the PC so I can view and print etc..

I have seen various types of these scanners on the market, but I wonder how good they are? I have also seen adaptors, which look like a light box for the flat bed scanners. I am also thinking about changing my flat bed scanner, so would I be better off buying a flat bed with the film scanning adaptor or one of the stand along 35mm scanners?

Epson V600 or Canon 9000F get good reveiws.

Epson - http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-epson-v600-perfection-photo-scanner/p1033381

Canon - http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-canon-canoscan-9000f-film-scanner/p1522045

I'll be picking up an Epson myself next month. I've been getting into Lomography and I have a little pile of films waiting for attention.

As said, it will be a slow process.

Funnily enough I'm looking at these too. I have also heard good things about epson ones and the canon 9000f if you're looking for a reasonably priced one. Sounds like the nikon coolscans are the best (obviously, they are nikon ) but they are also very expensive!!

I've been getting into Lomography...

In that case a cheap scanner would be perfect... I got myself a £40 scanner and the results have a distinct Lomo or Holga quality... weird colours and vignetting

Since I still use my analogue cameras now and then I'm thinking of getting something better. The Epson V600 is interesting, but so is the V500 - specs practically identical, but considerably cheaper. Then there's the Canon 9000F, resolution 9,600x9,600 where Epson has 6,400x9,600...

EDIT: a Swedish electronics stores chain went bankrupt this week so there's a sale with huge price reductions in the local store... result: An Epson V330 - specs basically the same as the V500/600 but lower resolution, 4,800x9,600. The price was good though, £70

And here's a few samples - some of them more than 40 yrs old.

Kodachrome 24x36 original:

Kodachrome 18x24, slightly cropped

and two B&W pics, first one slightly cropped, second one touched up to remove quite a few dust specks:

For £70 I think the result is fairly decent :yes:

EDIT: a Swedish electronics stores chain went bankrupt this week so there's a sale with huge price reductions in the local store... result: An Epson V330 - specs basically the same as the V500/600 but lower resolution, 4,800x9,600. The price was good though, £70

Thanks for the info

I have been looking at flat bed scanners from Epson, HP & Canon and I have just been looking at the V330, which I can get for around £80, but I couldn't find any reviews up to now.

Thanks for the info

I have been looking at flat bed scanners from Epson, HP & Canon and I have just been looking at the V330, which I can get for around £80, but I couldn't find any reviews up to now.

I have recently borrowed a veho vfs-008 35mm/110mm film and slide scanner and it is a dream. It takes three mounts at a time on a slide carrier it has a small lcd display, align the first one click move to the next click then the third before you reload

It saves the results either to its own sd card or to your Mac/PC.. So simple.. What it highlights is all the dust/scratches or mildew on the slides! Where it fail is with anything other than 35mm or 110mm. I have a lot of 2 1/4" negatives and a light box is the only way out with these.

Edited 16 July, 201114 yr by mandatrix

I recently bought my Dad a stand alone Ion scanner and we have now copied over 1,000 negatives and Transparencies. Can't remember the exact spec, but it auto exposes and takes a 5mpix shot. The results are stored straight to SD card. The one I got him was at the cheaper end of the range (he is technically incompetent to put it mildly), so i expect the higher models have more control in their processing. For what it's worth, the pictures look a lot better than when we tried to use a flatbed scanner.

Sadly my Dad had stored the pictures in his Garage for about 40 years as they haven't survived as well as we hoped and there is now a slight colour cast in his old Kodachrome stuff. But overall it's great to see the pictures again and the whole process is really easy (very important when you have over 1,000 pictures to scan)

Anyhoo here are a couple of scans (we did give them a dusting before scanning them.....honest)

Edited 28 July, 201114 yr by Lady Elanore

I'm still trying to find a scanner that can handle my heap of APS films that I'd like to scan. Can't seem to find one anywhere.

Phil

I finally bought the Epson V330 (£83.49 from Ebuyer). I tried a few slides last night and they came out OK, I will post up some results when I get a moment.

Any more info on this Moley? I'm thinking of getting a neg scanner as I've now got my darkroom up and fully functioning! So I can process my negs myself and print the ones I want, but I'd like to be able to scan them too! I have heard good things about the Canon 9000f and the Epson range. The Nikon Coolcan is the best apparently (of course ) but waaaayyy too expensive for any "normal" person! lol!

Any more info on this Moley? I'm thinking of getting a neg scanner as I've now got my darkroom up and fully functioning! So I can process my negs myself and print the ones I want, but I'd like to be able to scan them too! I have heard good things about the Canon 9000f and the Epson range. The Nikon Coolcan is the best apparently (of course ) but waaaayyy too expensive for any "normal" person! lol!

I have a friend that uses a conventional scanner that can be adapted to take negs etc but even though he rated the specs as better than the Ion bespoke neg scanner i bought my dad, he doesn't thing the results are any better. He is a pro VT editor too, so he knows what a decent image should look like. I copied about 1,000 transparencies and negs for my dad and it only took a few hours. I don't think you can overestimate how mush time saving can be done with a device like the one I mentioned above. Best bit is it is a standalone unit that is not only small, but doesn't need a computer to run it.

Any more info on this Moley? I'm thinking of getting a neg scanner as I've now got my darkroom up and fully functioning! So I can process my negs myself and print the ones I want, but I'd like to be able to scan them too! I have heard good things about the Canon 9000f and the Epson range. The Nikon Coolcan is the best apparently (of course ) but waaaayyy too expensive for any "normal" person! lol!

I tried the scanner on a document, slide, negative and photo to test the functions when I first got it to make sure everything worked OK. The results were good without any problems. I liked the fact that when I put the negatives in the software turns then to a positive automatically. Since I did the initial test I have been working away from home and I have a builder on site extending the house, so my weekends are spend on paperwork and arranging things with the builder. As soon as I get a chance I will post some results, but so far the scanner looks good.

Any more info on this Moley? I'm thinking of getting a neg scanner as I've now got my darkroom up and fully functioning! So I can process my negs myself and print the ones I want, but I'd like to be able to scan them too! I have heard good things about the Canon 9000f and the Epson range. The Nikon Coolcan is the best apparently (of course ) but waaaayyy too expensive for any "normal" person! lol!

If I can have a proper e-mail address (via PM) I'll be happy to mail you a few samples. For some reasun photobucket reduced the size of the ones I uploaded and posted above , so they probably don't give the scanner full justice.