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Those scanners are crap. They work but just aren’t a great solution - low res, low dynamic range, awful colour correction and they just suck all the charm out of the original quality.
If it’s something you want to preserve a decent copy of for the future, it’s worth spending a bit of cash getting a lab to scan them as tiffs and jpegs. It won’t cost a bomb, but it won’t be cheap either but it’ll be an order of magnitude better than the little machines.
Other option, if you have some camera kit and a few spare evenings is to photograph them using a dslr and macro lens on a light box. Bit of a ball-ache but you’ll get amazing results that way.
Also, some flatbed scanners are great at this and have the necessary hardware (backlights, film holders) to do it properly. I think it was an Epsom V750 or something. Could even pick on up on eBay and flip it when you’re done.
Well_is_it-
ok that's really informative thank you. Yes the idea is to preserve a decent copy for the future but that's given me plenty to think about.
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Also, some flatbed scanners are great at this and have the necessary hardware (backlights, film holders) to do it properly. I think it was an Epsom V750 or something. Could even pick on up on eBay and flip it when you’re done.
I would only add to this that factor in the time to scan, it takes forever on flatbeds
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amey
Does anyone have any experience of digitising 35mm slides?
I've been sorting out my dad's estate and finally found the family history in the form of a tin container of 35 mm slides with a circa 1980 non-working slide viewer.
It would be great to digitise those 60s and 70s memories.
I see this kind of thing exists but will this cut it?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/DIGITNOW-Resolution-Negative-Computer-Required/dp/B01HZQZLXW/ref=asc_df_B01HZQZLXW/