Transferring 35mm Slides to Digital

[Dorset Diver]

I'm finally planning to bite the bullet and transfer a large number of slides taken over the years since the mid sixties on, or is it into, digital. Could anyone suggest a good quality piece of kit that will do the job well. Many thanks in advance.

Roger

 

[Tibbo]

Dorset Diver ...... I bought one of these. Fairly easy to set up and good scans/results.

Plustek OpticFilm 8100 Film Scanner | Park Cameras

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[Boris7]

Dorset Diver ...... I bought one of these. Fairly easy to set up and good scans/results.

Plustek OpticFilm 8100 Film Scanner | Park Cameras

Buy the Plustek OpticFilm 8100 Film Scanner with 48-bit colour depth, 7200 dpi resolution and multitasking capabilities yet with a compact footprint.

www.parkcameras.com

One thing to be aware of, once youve transfered all your slides to digital you'll not need the scanner any more, this has been the same for others therefore they are fairly easy to get second hand.

I bought mine from ebay (not this model), transfered all the negatives and slides to digital and then sold it on ebay again for £11 more than I paid.

Just make sure you store your digital files safely.

 

[Dorset Diver]

Thanks for the advice all. Much appreciated. I shall start looking for a used high end unit.

 

[chocky]

Do you still have a projector and screen? If so you can set it up with a digital camera on a tripod and take photos of the screen. Pretty quick once set up and you can pick and chose which ones to keep.
Quality is acceptable.

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[Dorset Diver]

Do you still have a projector and screen? If so you can set it up with a digital camera on a tripod and take photos of the screen. Pretty quick once set up and you can pick and chose which ones to keep.
Quality is acceptable.

Thanks. Gave that a try but the quality was not to my liking.

 

[Dorwyn]

I do have an old Nikon scanner which at the time was the b's knees, or whatever the expression is. I see you're South Somerset, don't know how far you are from me (well, I am far away at the mo but won't be at the weekend). I'd be happy to loan it to you, if u like it you could make an offer. I'm not sure how much scanners have advanced recently, mind, but this was expensive.

 

[Dorset Diver]

Dorwyn Thanks for your offer. I'm in Yeovil but off touring tomorrow for a while. If it is okay I will contact you when we get back.

Cheers

Roger

 

[Dorwyn]

Yes, that's fine. I'm just thinking I need to check the connections on it. Not sure if it has usb!

 

[Dorset Diver]

Yes, that's fine. I'm just thinking I need to check the connections on it. Not sure if it has usb!

I have a two fairly old laptops with a variety of ports. I'm sure something will fit / work .

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[Insider]

I have a two fairly old laptops with a variety of ports. I'm sure something will fit / work .

If it’s not USB then it’ll likely be SCSI……oh I hated SCSI.