Converting Picture Slides to Digital.....

[Car Guy]

I have approximately 400 picture slides that I'd like to transfer into digital form; however I have NO experience with this kind of thing. These are priceless photos that could NEVER be replaced so I want this to be done right with NO issues.....


Any suggestions on where to take them or who to take them to would be much appreciated...!!! :thumbsup

[PonyKiller87]

Have you checked with any local camera shops? I think they could produce pictures from slides, just like you would with negatives. Then just scan the pictures?

[That_Guy]

hp makes a printer that does this and it does a dam good job. its one of those all in one printers.. my girlfriends father recently bought one of these. its ******* sweet. i took a ton of negatives and had him throw them on a cd for me.. it does slides and all.

[Car Guy]

Have you checked with any local camera shops? I think they could produce pictures from slides, just like you would with negatives. Then just scan the pictures?

I haven't checked around with local shops as I don't want to give the slides to just 'anybody'. Looking to deal with someone that is going to be 100% upfront honest with me and do the best job possible.....



hp makes a printer (MODEL # - ???) that does this and it does a dam good job. its one of those all in one printers.. my girlfriends father recently bought one of these. its ******* sweet. i took a ton of negatives and had him throw them on a cd for me.. it does slides and all.

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[That_Guy]

I haven't checked around with local shops as I don't want to give the slides to just 'anybody'. Looking to deal with someone that is going to be 100% upfront honest with me and do the best job possible.....




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ill give him a phone call.. this printer is just ******* sweet and i know he didnt pay to much for it

[That_Guy]

http://www.shopping.hp.com/store/product/product_detail/L2526A%2523ABA

[jamest]

Justin, Mike Crivelo's in Brookfield does a great job in scanning. Call them about it and they'll give you a quote for the service. It wouldn't be a bad idea to mention the amount as they might give a discount for the quantity.

[SSDude]

Some Epson (http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=53540925) scanners can do it. $119 after rebate, free shipping.

[Car Guy]

I called Mike Crivello's and it's $.99 per slide and there is NO volume discount, might be better off just buying the printer.....:goof

[95 TA - The Beast]

I called Mike Crivello's and it's $.99 per slide and there is NO volume discount, might be better off just buying the printer.....:goof

My HP Photosmart 3210 has the slide adapter for it, scans negatives and slide nicely... It holds 4 slides at once for scanning...

There are also dedicated slide scanners you can pick up for a couple hundred bucks. One of those would be your best bet for such a quantity, as there would be less hassles and some of them have 'rails' you ptu the slides in and it feeds them one-by-one into the scanner... Would be a hell of a lot easier to scan 40 batches of 10 each than 400 individual ones...

[Goat Roper]

Right here; http://www.adorama.com/VUFPSCAN.html&sid=1233195687933339

http://www.adorama.com/images/Large/VUFPSCAN.jpg

[Car Guy]

Hmmm, very interesting thank you.....:thumbsup