Recommend me Slide Scanner - 35mm please

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I'm looking to buy my dad for farthers day a Slide Scanner so he transfer all his old slides to his pc.

I have no idea what i should be looking for and was hoping someone here maybe able to help me out please?

I was looking at something like a Summit Photofix Film and Slide Scanner - 35mm

ses a 5 mega CMOS (1.174million pixels) image sensor with 3,600 dpi interpolation & 48-bit colour scan
Automatic exposure control
Colour balance
Fixed focus
3 white LED backlight
Single pass scan

System Requirements:

PC: Windows XP or Vista - NOT MAC COMPATIBLE
USB 2.0 (important)!

*Based on average high street pricing, the Summit Photofix Scanner will pay for itself after scanning approximately 10 rolls of 36 exposure negatives or 67 slides.
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If anyone culd help me out i'd gratly appreciate it please.
 
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You should be aware that the current crop of new cheap film and slide scanners are basically just digital cameras, hence their claims of x megapixel resolution.

Good 'old fashioned' film scanners cost more and have imaging elements that can pick up the compressed dynamic range of negatives and the expanded dynamic range of slides.

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Try the PLustec Optic 7300 - can be had for <£200
 
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They're generally cameras taking pictures of the negatives, what about getting a proper scanner for it? Epson V-series, HP Scanjet G4010 etc.
 
I've got a epson v300 which gives good results so far with all I've tried. Its reasonably cheap as well

sid
 
Thanks for your input people i was only looking to spend around £50 on this.

It's just for my dad to transfer all his old slides he has over the years.

But if one's like the Veho VFS-004 Deluxe 35mm Negative & Slide Film Scanner are no good then it won't be worth getting one.


So on the Epson V300 is there a bit where you can slot the slides in or something?
 
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I bought a Canon CanoScan 5600F about a year ago to transfer hundreds of my parents' slides as an Xmas present. Worked very well but it takes a long time to scan the slides.

If you're scanning a lot of slides, you'll eventually get bored and scan them at relatively low resolution to save time. However, if only doing a few at a time then it can produce high-quality scans.

I spent a few days scanning all of our slides and then sold it for almost the same price I'd bought it for. So, expensive and time-consuming but a good bit of kit.
 
I posted in the linked thread and I still have the same view. For quality, get a dedicated slide scanner, they cost a packet ;(. For just getting the slides digital, a flatbed variant may do.

Keep the negs though, then if you need to scan at a higher res you can do so.
 
Im actually having problems with my v300 now so im withdrawing my reccomendation. It does indeed have holder for slides.

Im getting faint lines on my scan so its a bit annoying really.

sid
 
The V-Series i'd look at (if in budget) is the V500/700.

I'd say the ones you're on about are fine, but if hes looking at re-printing, might not be perfect.
 
well ive got an epson v200, theres an extra piece that comes with the scanner for film/35mm and slides where you just slot them in, easy really mines the basic one and had no probs at all, scans up to an impressive 12800 dpi, although i wouldnt like to see the filsize of a scan that large, i have scanned tiny pocket sized photos and enlarged to a3 with ease.
 
oh sid check your original photo with regards to the faint lines, as i had this problem once when i must have printed the original with a dodgy nozzle, then tried to scan and got faint lines, the scanner will pick up errors in printing better than your eyes will,mine turned out to be the first print not the scan
 
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oh sid check your original photo with regards to the faint lines, as i had this problem once when i must have printed the original with a dodgy nozzle, then tried to scan and got faint lines, the scanner will pick up errors in printing better than your eyes will,mine turned out to be the first print not the scan
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Im scanning a negative.

I've just been around someone's who has a v700 and didn't get the faint line so im sure theres something up with the scanner for sure.

sid
 
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