Slide Scanners
Discussion
I would like to digitise my late father’s slides of which there are probably a few thousand taken from the late 1960s to the early 2000s and was wondering if anyone could recommend a slide scanner for the job?
From looking online, the Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 (and SF-210 slide feeder) would look to produce excellent results…but also look to have been discontinued.
Another (slightly mad) option is to buy a Reflecta DigitDia 6000. These are over £1k (but I would hope have some resale value!) and have the advantage of loading a magazine to scan 100 slides per go…although I would need to transfer the slides from the Leica magazines they’re in to proprietary magazines (which some reviews suggest are made of chocolate).
At the more sensible end, a Plustek OpticFilm 8200i Ai would seem to do the job but can only accept batches of 4 slides at once.
Any feedback anyone has would be gratefully received
From looking online, the Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 (and SF-210 slide feeder) would look to produce excellent results…but also look to have been discontinued.
Another (slightly mad) option is to buy a Reflecta DigitDia 6000. These are over £1k (but I would hope have some resale value!) and have the advantage of loading a magazine to scan 100 slides per go…although I would need to transfer the slides from the Leica magazines they’re in to proprietary magazines (which some reviews suggest are made of chocolate).
At the more sensible end, a Plustek OpticFilm 8200i Ai would seem to do the job but can only accept batches of 4 slides at once.
Any feedback anyone has would be gratefully received
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