Slides - Printer / Sacnner

[Cuban]

I have a lot of slides in storage from when I was touring with Genesis.
Can anyone recommend a good way to get them on to my pc via a scanner / printer?

I don't want to spend a fortune as these will be the only slides I need doing,
but they are naturally too valuable and confidential to send away.

Thanks in advance.

[poah]

4490 is about the cheapest.

[griffsmith]

Cuban said:

I have a lot of slides in storage from when I was touring with Genesis.
Can anyone recommend a good way to get them on to my pc via a scanner / printer?

I don't want to spend a fortune as these will be the only slides I need doing,
but they are naturally too valuable and confidential to send away.

Thanks in advance.

If we're talking 35mm slides I got an Epson perfection v700
http://www.photo-i.co.uk/News/Feb06/Epson_V700_sca...
its great super quality and easy to use but I have to say it will take quite a while if you have loads eve though you can do 12 at a time. depending on which scan options/quality you select those 12 will take 45mins or so... I chose this over a dedicated slide scanner just for versatility..

I can't remember what it cost but it was cheaper than sending the slides I already had off, and now I seem to have a job for life scanning the whole families slides

[Mr Flambes]

I'm using a Plustek OpticFilm 7200, which is fine. Got it new for around £100.
Dedicated scanner, 4 slides in a tray, you manually have to move the tray after each slide is scanned.

I don't scan anywhere near the top quality, so takes about a minute per slide.
The software is pretty easy to use, with some useful presets to lighten / darken / change contrast quickly.
Need to make sure the slides are very clean (obviously!).

Here's an example.

[poah]

no digital ICE then lol

[Mr Flambes]

Well it does have some image correction, but my patience didn't allow me to do it, would have taken much more time I think. They don't call me "half a job" for nothing!

There's some on the correction it does have here:

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Plustek-OpticFil...