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Slides to digital or regular photos
ZRX1200 Offline
#1 Posted:
Joined: 07-08-2007
Posts: 60,476
Anyone ever do this?

Recommendations?
cacman Offline
#2 Posted:
Joined: 07-03-2010
Posts: 12,216
Buy a slide scanner.
Stinkdyr Offline
#3 Posted:
Joined: 06-16-2009
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Epson makes good slide scanners. I use one.

Beer
teedubbya Offline
#4 Posted:
Joined: 08-14-2003
Posts: 95,637
converting you classic porn eh?
ZRX1200 Offline
#5 Posted:
Joined: 07-08-2007
Posts: 60,476
Buying one doesn't seem worth it for 25 slides.

TW, I guess if you want pics of my donger when I was 6.
Hank_The_Tank Offline
#6 Posted:
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teedubbya wrote:
converting you classic porn eh?


You stole my thought!
bgz Offline
#7 Posted:
Joined: 07-29-2014
Posts: 13,023
I think costco offers a conversion service.
KingoftheCove Offline
#8 Posted:
Joined: 10-08-2011
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bgz wrote:
I think costco offers a conversion service.

^^this
Find a Costco with a photo center........digital version on DVDs, flash drive or cd I believe.......my FIL did it and was very happy with th results.
madspackler Offline
#9 Posted:
Joined: 03-07-2000
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There are some good professional conversion services out there. My sister converted a bunch of old slides to a CD and gifted it to us last year. Lots of great old memories
shaun341 Offline
#10 Posted:
Joined: 08-02-2012
Posts: 8,826
I would just make a book, have seen several use chatbook app and theycome out decent. A slide show on a cd seems that time will make it hard to see in the future since most laptops don't have any drives today and TVs are smart now. Kind of like trying to watch a VHS today.
frankj1 Offline
#11 Posted:
Joined: 02-08-2007
Posts: 44,211
ZRX1200 wrote:


TW, I guess if you want pics of my donger when I was 6.


he's already sent them out a zillion times.
Whistlebritches Offline
#12 Posted:
Joined: 04-23-2006
Posts: 22,127
ZRX1200 wrote:
Buying one doesn't seem worth it for 25 slides.

TW, I guess if you want pics of my donger when I was 6.


He prefers the ones when you were 11..........that first little burst of fur on your twinkie
Gene363 Offline
#13 Posted:
Joined: 01-24-2003
Posts: 30,669
I've scanned a few thousand slides and with just a few hundred left I dread finishing the task, it s PITA if you want decent results. You are essentially photographing the scene again. You can use the same settings for a similar series of slides, but when things change you must adjust. You also need clean any dust off and depending on how much you spend for the scanner and the resolution you chose it can take up to three minutes per slide.

If you buy a scanner get the best one you can afford and you are going to need the bundled software and drivers so beware of used equipment. I bought a Plustek OpticFilm scanner, it works pretty good, but it took a lot of experimenting to get it operating smoothly.

If you have a service that you can afford, have them do a sample of the various types of slides you have and see if they do a decent job.
jjanecka Offline
#14 Posted:
Joined: 12-08-2015
Posts: 4,334
Best way is to have negatives
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