Slides

[dinkel]

I'm thinking picking up slide photography again . . . since what: 10 years.

I used K64 but they don't make that anymore so they told me . . .

Nice slidescanner: I saw a Minolta for about 399 euro's. Anyone has any experience? 3200 dpi can make a nice A3 photoprint.

[V6GTO]

My scanner has been replaced by a newer model, but I really reate my 5000F.

www.canon.co.uk/for_home/product_finder/scanners/flatbed_with_film_scanning/index.asp

Martin.

[EmmaP]

Nikon Coolscan range is excellent, though pricey. Prices range from £440 - £2001 + vat. I always used Fuji Velvia when I shot slide.

[ehasler]

Another vote for the Nikon Coolscan range.

While flatbeds are pretty good at 35mm slides, you will get the best results from a dedicated slide scanner. 4000dpi is good if you can get it, but anything more is overkill.

Make sure you get one with dust removal though, and it's also worth investing in a can of compressed air that you can pick up from Jessops for about £6 as even tiny specs of dust will be annoying.

Fuji Velvia is a great film (the well loved ISO 50 has recently been replaced by 100F), but if you need a bit more speed, then Provia (100 and 400 speed) is very good too.

[HankScorpio]

Check out how the dust removal is being done, if it's just the software doing spot removal, don't bother, you need a seperate IR (I think) channel (sometimes called the defect channel) that will show the surface of the transparency and that helps the software to decide if it's scratch/dust/fingerprint rather than image.

[V6GTO]

Kodak Ektachrome 100 EC (Extra Colour) gives really good, punchy and well saturated colours, great for cars but not for people or landscape. Fuji Velvia for natural colours.

Martin.

[Captain Beaky]

I recently got a Canon 9950F scanner, which I am very happy with. Canon dropped their dedicated film scanner when they launched this, which gives a good measure of how far flatbeds have come recently.

Top 9950F feature for me is the ability to scan a dozen mounted slides at one pass, so my mountain of old slides will be much more manageable (when I get time to start on it...)

Velvia is hard to beat, lovely colours and fine grain.

[dinkel]

www.superwarehouse.com/Minolta_Dimage_Scan_Dual_IV_Film_&_Slide_Scanner/p/371702