Digital images of colour slides.
I should first say, this is not at all photography as we know it......however, I have a number of slides from a late relative, which I would like to make prints from, as 'memories' for other family members. I do not have a slide scanner, but have thought about recording images from an old Photax slide viewer I have onto my Lumix TZ8. I wondered, has anyone else tried anything like this, and if so, any hints and tips please? Any advice much appreciated, thank you.
Most do the copy from a Slide Copier, not a slide viewer as you have mentioned but one that attaches to your lens. Use a 50mm lens if you got one. Attach it to the lens and point to the light and take the photo. Have a look at the one Jessops has. Only about £10 or thereabouts. Just google "Slide Copier UK"
Others can be quite expensive so have a good look around..Ebay might be a better bet.
YEP! just checked ebay and they have some good ones on there for a reasonable price. Some at rediculus prices.
Good Luck.
Dennis
Others can be quite expensive so have a good look around..Ebay might be a better bet.
YEP! just checked ebay and they have some good ones on there for a reasonable price. Some at rediculus prices.
Good Luck.
Dennis
If you had a slide scanner you'd find the job would take an eternity. Much quicker to photograph them!
I'd set up a jig. Use a lightbox - mine are an accurate D50 light - and attach an "L" of thick card to the surface so that the slides can very quickly be positioned correctly. I'd then use a Micro-Nikkor with a tube to get life-size repro and mount the camera on my studio stand - you could use a tripod. If you use a remote release, the camera won't move between exposures so you focus once and then check every so often. I'd reckon to do at least 1000 slides per hour with this setup.
I'd set up a jig. Use a lightbox - mine are an accurate D50 light - and attach an "L" of thick card to the surface so that the slides can very quickly be positioned correctly. I'd then use a Micro-Nikkor with a tube to get life-size repro and mount the camera on my studio stand - you could use a tripod. If you use a remote release, the camera won't move between exposures so you focus once and then check every so often. I'd reckon to do at least 1000 slides per hour with this setup.
Quote:If you had a slide scanner you'd find the job would take an eternity. Much quicker to photograph them!
I'd set up a jig. Use a lightbox - mine are an accurate D50 light - and attach an "L" of thick card to the surface so that the slides can very quickly be positioned correctly. I'd then use a Micro-Nikkor with a tube to get life-size repro and mount the camera on my studio stand - you could use a tripod. If you use a remote release, the camera won't move between exposures so you focus once and then check every so often. I'd reckon to do at least 1000 slides per hour with this setup.
That is exactly what I would do, and it works, of course. I used a light box as the light source, with slides placed on top. Slide scanners take too long, as do flatbed scanners with slide attachments, and the files are MASSIVE.
But ... it looks like the OP has a modest point and shoot (nothing wrong with that) and budget might be an issue. You could always do as PLH says, and see if the quality is good enough for your prints. Otherwise borrow a DSLR camera, lens and tripod from a relative. Failing that, you could use some sort of attachment for your point and shoot but I'm not convinced the quality will be up to the mark.
How big do you want to print?
Scanning them at 600 dpi or higher on just about any flatbed scanner can produce files suitable for decent smaller prints.
Obviously better flat bed scanners can produce better results.
It should not be difficult to locate a friend or relative who has access to a reasonable flat bed scanner.
Scanning them at 600 dpi or higher on just about any flatbed scanner can produce files suitable for decent smaller prints.
Obviously better flat bed scanners can produce better results.
It should not be difficult to locate a friend or relative who has access to a reasonable flat bed scanner.
It might help if the OP told us the value and quality of the trans. Scanning any substantial number will take an eternity and may not be worth the effort.
When I cleared out my late father's archive, many slides from the 1950s and 60s had faded to a coloured smudge - this was dark-stored Kadachrome and Ektachrome. His Dufaycolor images from the 1940s were the only slides that were in perfect condition.
The first triage weeding was done on a lightbox and they were sorted into gems, others and ditch. I'd scan the "gems" and photograph the "others".
Good scans have good dynamic range rather than high resolution.
When I cleared out my late father's archive, many slides from the 1950s and 60s had faded to a coloured smudge - this was dark-stored Kadachrome and Ektachrome. His Dufaycolor images from the 1940s were the only slides that were in perfect condition.
The first triage weeding was done on a lightbox and they were sorted into gems, others and ditch. I'd scan the "gems" and photograph the "others".
Good scans have good dynamic range rather than high resolution.
Quote:I should first say, this is not at all photography as we know it......however, I have a number of slides from a late relative, which I would like to make prints from, as 'memories' for other family members. .
Most have missed the important detail that you are not an experienced photographer.
With this in mind my advice is take the images to a photo shop which scans slides (when photo shops re-open) or, after social isolation ends, try to find a friend prepared to scan a reasonable number (definitely not hundreds of slides) on a flatbed scanner and to make jpeg image files for you.
@LenShepherd - you are replying to a post from 2011...and you already replied back then...
@Buttyboy - you might try placing a Wanted ad in the Classifieds section...
@Buttyboy - you might try placing a Wanted ad in the Classifieds section...
A couple more options... you could buy a set of extension tubes (rings) and photograph them that way or, contact you local camera club (maybe even join them) and you should find someone there who will do the job for you, most members will have all sorts of gadgets to do this and shouldn't charge you much at all.
If you are a beginner I would strongly recommend joining a camera club for a couple of years until you spread your wings. I can see it doesn't matter what condition your old slides are in, you want to re-capture the memories don't you.
If you are a beginner I would strongly recommend joining a camera club for a couple of years until you spread your wings. I can see it doesn't matter what condition your old slides are in, you want to re-capture the memories don't you.
