Nedd help with daunting task, have thousands of 35mm slides

Fred Cline said:

I'm very new to computers & digital photography and I'm in need of
help. My father recently passed away & that's why I bought a
compoter with a scanner & c.d. burner. I've taken his pictures &
scanned them in & made c.d.'s. That all went much easier than I
thought it would. But here's my problem. My dad & I took pictures
of car races for many years. I now have many boxes with literally
thousands of 35mm transparencies. These pictures are from 1968 to
1973 & include road racing (Mario Andretti, Mark Donohue, Parnelli
Jones, etc) and drag racing (Don Prudomme, Don Garlitz, etc). I'm
told by people into nastalgia that I'm setting on a gold mine. I'm
trying to figure out the least expensive (I don't have a lot of
money to work with) way to get these all onto a c.d. so that I can
print a thumbnail page that I can show to people & they can let me
know which pictures they might like a copy of. That's question
one. Question two is: once I've got the c.d. done and possible
orders, do I buy a second printer so I can control what they look
like or do I e-mail them to a photo shop for printing? My computer
system came with the Lexmark X73 printer. Please keep in mind that
up until five months ago I hadn't used a computer. So difficult
software and programs aren't an option for me right now. I've just
read on another site about software that's easy to use called
"Picture Window". Is that an easy to use program?

Well I've asked enough questioms for now. I'll now sit back and
see what you have as possible suggestions. I'm looking at buying
the Canon Pro 90 camera in a month or so. I've asked questions
about that camera on the Canon forum & have gotten lot's of very
good info. So I'm hoping that the same will be true here. There
seems to be a lot of very friendly helpful people on this site.

Thank you to all that respond to this inquiry!

--
Fred.

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Brian Yarker said:

Fred Cline said:

I'm very new to computers & digital photography and I'm in need of
help. My father recently passed away & that's why I bought a
compoter with a scanner & c.d. burner. I've taken his pictures &
scanned them in & made c.d.'s. That all went much easier than I
thought it would. But here's my problem. My dad & I took pictures
of car races for many years. I now have many boxes with literally
thousands of 35mm transparencies. These pictures are from 1968 to
1973 & include road racing (Mario Andretti, Mark Donohue, Parnelli
Jones, etc) and drag racing (Don Prudomme, Don Garlitz, etc). I'm
told by people into nastalgia that I'm setting on a gold mine. I'm
trying to figure out the least expensive (I don't have a lot of
money to work with) way to get these all onto a c.d. so that I can
print a thumbnail page that I can show to people & they can let me
know which pictures they might like a copy of. That's question
one. Question two is: once I've got the c.d. done and possible
orders, do I buy a second printer so I can control what they look
like or do I e-mail them to a photo shop for printing? My computer
system came with the Lexmark X73 printer. Please keep in mind that
up until five months ago I hadn't used a computer. So difficult
software and programs aren't an option for me right now. I've just
read on another site about software that's easy to use called
"Picture Window". Is that an easy to use program?

Well I've asked enough questioms for now. I'll now sit back and
see what you have as possible suggestions. I'm looking at buying
the Canon Pro 90 camera in a month or so. I've asked questions
about that camera on the Canon forum & have gotten lot's of very
good info. So I'm hoping that the same will be true here. There
seems to be a lot of very friendly helpful people on this site.

Thank you to all that respond to this inquiry!

--
Fred.

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Hi Fred
1. I presume you have got a flat bed scanner. Dont know what
quality transparencies will look like when printed as they are some
30 odd years old.
2. Why do you want to buy a second printer. Do you want to print
some 1,000 odd photos, it seems like a lot of hard work to me.
3. Presume you can get the photos on to a CD can you not sell the
CD's.
3. Have you thought of a web page including all your thumbnails for
people to view and let them print off what prints they might
need.(problem might be them paying you).
4. If you e-mail them to a photo printers images would have to be
reduced.
5. There is software available for storing photos and editing on
the computer. You might end up with a lot of work trying to make
good prints out of old transparencies. Its OK doing the odd one in
say photoshop.
6. If you want to make money out of these prints I would try and do
the least amount of work as possible, perhaps just print a few
thumbnails to let people see what type of photo you have. e.g. on
the CD's.

Awkward one this, but hope I have helped.

Brian

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Robert Hoge said:

For the first problem, take a look at the slide copier for a Nikon
995. I have one and was able to copy well over 100 slides per hour.
It was much faster than using a scanner and probably better quality
that all but the most expensive dedicated film scanners (Like a
Nikon Coolscan).

For the second problem take a look at the online photo printers
like ezprints http: www.ezprints.com . they have an option to have
an online catalog which allows you to set the price for sales from
an on-line catalog. They take care of the printing and mailing and
collecting the $ and send you your share. The prints are real
photographs and are archive quality, not fading away like most
inkjets.

Take a look,
Bob

Brian Yarker said:

Fred Cline said:

I'm very new to computers & digital photography and I'm in need of
help. My father recently passed away & that's why I bought a
compoter with a scanner & c.d. burner. I've taken his pictures &
scanned them in & made c.d.'s. That all went much easier than I
thought it would. But here's my problem. My dad & I took pictures
of car races for many years. I now have many boxes with literally
thousands of 35mm transparencies. These pictures are from 1968 to
1973 & include road racing (Mario Andretti, Mark Donohue, Parnelli
Jones, etc) and drag racing (Don Prudomme, Don Garlitz, etc). I'm
told by people into nastalgia that I'm setting on a gold mine. I'm
trying to figure out the least expensive (I don't have a lot of
money to work with) way to get these all onto a c.d. so that I can
print a thumbnail page that I can show to people & they can let me
know which pictures they might like a copy of. That's question
one. Question two is: once I've got the c.d. done and possible
orders, do I buy a second printer so I can control what they look
like or do I e-mail them to a photo shop for printing? My computer
system came with the Lexmark X73 printer. Please keep in mind that
up until five months ago I hadn't used a computer. So difficult
software and programs aren't an option for me right now. I've just
read on another site about software that's easy to use called
"Picture Window". Is that an easy to use program?

Well I've asked enough questioms for now. I'll now sit back and
see what you have as possible suggestions. I'm looking at buying
the Canon Pro 90 camera in a month or so. I've asked questions
about that camera on the Canon forum & have gotten lot's of very
good info. So I'm hoping that the same will be true here. There
seems to be a lot of very friendly helpful people on this site.

Thank you to all that respond to this inquiry!

--
Fred.

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Hi Fred
1. I presume you have got a flat bed scanner. Dont know what
quality transparencies will look like when printed as they are some
30 odd years old.
2. Why do you want to buy a second printer. Do you want to print
some 1,000 odd photos, it seems like a lot of hard work to me.
3. Presume you can get the photos on to a CD can you not sell the
CD's.
3. Have you thought of a web page including all your thumbnails for
people to view and let them print off what prints they might
need.(problem might be them paying you).
4. If you e-mail them to a photo printers images would have to be
reduced.
5. There is software available for storing photos and editing on
the computer. You might end up with a lot of work trying to make
good prints out of old transparencies. Its OK doing the odd one in
say photoshop.
6. If you want to make money out of these prints I would try and do
the least amount of work as possible, perhaps just print a few
thumbnails to let people see what type of photo you have. e.g. on
the CD's.

Awkward one this, but hope I have helped.

Brian

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RyC said:

I'm in a similar predicament where I have a lot of 35mm film that
somehow needs to be digitized. The film I'm working with is also
25+ years old. If you have the resources, I'd recommend using a
film scanner. I use a Nikon film scanner, and though the film may
have dust and scratches and the color has faded considerably, the
results are stunning - even without Photoshop editting.

If you intend on selling the final prints, it may be worthwhile to
look into or invest in something like this.

-Ray

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RonA said:

RyC said:

I'm in a similar predicament where I have a lot of 35mm film that
somehow needs to be digitized. The film I'm working with is also
25+ years old. If you have the resources, I'd recommend using a
film scanner. I use a Nikon film scanner, and though the film may
have dust and scratches and the color has faded considerably, the
results are stunning - even without Photoshop editting.

If you intend on selling the final prints, it may be worthwhile to
look into or invest in something like this.

-Ray

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What model Nikon scanner do you have? They seem to be rather
expensive. Did you consider other similar scanners or flat bed type?
What helped make your decision?
--
RonA

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RyC said:

I have a Nikon Coolscan IV, and I picked it up for around $800. I
also have an old flat bed scanner that I did use to scan in some
prints. But since I have a lot of 35mm film to scan, I felt that
if I was going to make the effort to archive them digitally, I
might as well use the "master copy" to do it rather than a print.

Like I wrote earlier, my slides and negatives are old. The scanner
does an amazing job in cleaning up the dust and scratches and
bringing out the colors that have faded over the years. So these
features really sold me on the Nikon scanners. If I'm correct, it
would take some Photoshop work to clean up similar problems using a
flat bed scanner. I haven't heard of a flat bed scanner that can
automatically do the work during the scan process.

I know there are a couple of other manufacturers like Canon or
Polaroid who have similar features for their slide scanners. I
don't know how they fare. At the time I was shopping for a
scanner, the Nikons really caught my eye. Except for Minolta, I
don't recall if other slide scanner manufacturers offered the same
features as the Nikons. But it appears a few of them do now with
their current models.

Ray

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JohnM. said:

RyC said:

I have a Nikon Coolscan IV, and I picked it up for around $800. I
also have an old flat bed scanner that I did use to scan in some
prints. But since I have a lot of 35mm film to scan, I felt that
if I was going to make the effort to archive them digitally, I
might as well use the "master copy" to do it rather than a print.

Like I wrote earlier, my slides and negatives are old. The scanner
does an amazing job in cleaning up the dust and scratches and
bringing out the colors that have faded over the years. So these
features really sold me on the Nikon scanners. If I'm correct, it
would take some Photoshop work to clean up similar problems using a
flat bed scanner. I haven't heard of a flat bed scanner that can
automatically do the work during the scan process.

I know there are a couple of other manufacturers like Canon or
Polaroid who have similar features for their slide scanners. I
don't know how they fare. At the time I was shopping for a
scanner, the Nikons really caught my eye. Except for Minolta, I
don't recall if other slide scanner manufacturers offered the same
features as the Nikons. But it appears a few of them do now with
their current models.

Ray

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I use a Coolscan IV as well, and totally agree with Ron. However,
if price is an issue, you may want to look at the PrimeFilm
scanners. Here's the link:
http://www.scanace.com
Be discriminating in which slides you choose to scan-it can be a
tedious chore (one which I enjoy, though!).

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Robert Hoge said:

For the first problem, take a look at the slide copier for a Nikon
995. I have one and was able to copy well over 100 slides per hour.
It was much faster than using a scanner and probably better quality
that all but the most expensive dedicated film scanners (Like a
Nikon Coolscan).

Click to expand...

Fred Cline said:

I'm very new to computers & digital photography and I'm in need of
help. My father recently passed away & that's why I bought a
compoter with a scanner & c.d. burner. I've taken his pictures &
scanned them in & made c.d.'s. That all went much easier than I
thought it would. But here's my problem. My dad & I took pictures
of car races for many years. I now have many boxes with literally
thousands of 35mm transparencies. These pictures are from 1968 to
1973 & include road racing (Mario Andretti, Mark Donohue, Parnelli
Jones, etc) and drag racing (Don Prudomme, Don Garlitz, etc). I'm
told by people into nastalgia that I'm setting on a gold mine. I'm
trying to figure out the least expensive (I don't have a lot of
money to work with) way to get these all onto a c.d. so that I can
print a thumbnail page that I can show to people & they can let me
know which pictures they might like a copy of. That's question
one. Question two is: once I've got the c.d. done and possible
orders, do I buy a second printer so I can control what they look
like or do I e-mail them to a photo shop for printing? My computer
system came with the Lexmark X73 printer. Please keep in mind that
up until five months ago I hadn't used a computer. So difficult
software and programs aren't an option for me right now. I've just
read on another site about software that's easy to use called
"Picture Window". Is that an easy to use program?

Well I've asked enough questioms for now. I'll now sit back and
see what you have as possible suggestions. I'm looking at buying
the Canon Pro 90 camera in a month or so. I've asked questions
about that camera on the Canon forum & have gotten lot's of very
good info. So I'm hoping that the same will be true here. There
seems to be a lot of very friendly helpful people on this site.

Thank you to all that respond to this inquiry!

--
Fred.

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JohnM. said:

RyC said:

I have a Nikon Coolscan IV, and I picked it up for around $800. I
also have an old flat bed scanner that I did use to scan in some
prints. But since I have a lot of 35mm film to scan, I felt that
if I was going to make the effort to archive them digitally, I
might as well use the "master copy" to do it rather than a print.

Like I wrote earlier, my slides and negatives are old. The scanner
does an amazing job in cleaning up the dust and scratches and
bringing out the colors that have faded over the years. So these
features really sold me on the Nikon scanners. If I'm correct, it
would take some Photoshop work to clean up similar problems using a
flat bed scanner. I haven't heard of a flat bed scanner that can
automatically do the work during the scan process.

I know there are a couple of other manufacturers like Canon or
Polaroid who have similar features for their slide scanners. I
don't know how they fare. At the time I was shopping for a
scanner, the Nikons really caught my eye. Except for Minolta, I
don't recall if other slide scanner manufacturers offered the same
features as the Nikons. But it appears a few of them do now with
their current models.

Ray

Click to expand...

I use a Coolscan IV as well, and totally agree with Ron. However,
if price is an issue, you may want to look at the PrimeFilm
scanners. Here's the link:
http://www.scanace.com
Be discriminating in which slides you choose to scan-it can be a
tedious chore (one which I enjoy, though!).

Click to expand...

Jane B. said:

Robert Hoge said:

For the first problem, take a look at the slide copier for a Nikon
995. I have one and was able to copy well over 100 slides per hour.
It was much faster than using a scanner and probably better quality
that all but the most expensive dedicated film scanners (Like a
Nikon Coolscan).

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Do you have any idea if a similar copier is available for the Sony
D-770? It has 62mm filter thread. I have copied some slides from
the mid to late 1940's with a Microteck ScanMaker V6USL and their
LightLid 35 slide & filmstrip scanning adapter. I was not
disapointed in the outcome but the copier for the digital camera
sounds soooo much faster.

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Scotsman said:

Fred Cline said:

I'm very new to computers & digital photography and I'm in need of
help. My father recently passed away & that's why I bought a
compoter with a scanner & c.d. burner. I've taken his pictures &
scanned them in & made c.d.'s. That all went much easier than I
thought it would. But here's my problem. My dad & I took pictures
of car races for many years. I now have many boxes with literally
thousands of 35mm transparencies. These pictures are from 1968 to
1973 & include road racing (Mario Andretti, Mark Donohue, Parnelli
Jones, etc) and drag racing (Don Prudomme, Don Garlitz, etc). I'm
told by people into nastalgia that I'm setting on a gold mine. I'm
trying to figure out the least expensive (I don't have a lot of
money to work with) way to get these all onto a c.d. so that I can
print a thumbnail page that I can show to people & they can let me
know which pictures they might like a copy of. That's question
one. Question two is: once I've got the c.d. done and possible
orders, do I buy a second printer so I can control what they look
like or do I e-mail them to a photo shop for printing? My computer
system came with the Lexmark X73 printer. Please keep in mind that
up until five months ago I hadn't used a computer. So difficult
software and programs aren't an option for me right now. I've just
read on another site about software that's easy to use called
"Picture Window". Is that an easy to use program?

Well I've asked enough questioms for now. I'll now sit back and
see what you have as possible suggestions. I'm looking at buying
the Canon Pro 90 camera in a month or so. I've asked questions
about that camera on the Canon forum & have gotten lot's of very
good info. So I'm hoping that the same will be true here. There
seems to be a lot of very friendly helpful people on this site.

Thank you to all that respond to this inquiry!

--
Fred.

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