Scanning slides

I have a flatbed Canon scanner with no slide scanning equipment. Is there a way, other than a new scanner, of scanning my photo slides?

 

OR, I could buy a new scanner with the attachment to scan slides. I had one a few years ago, but it died before I had tried that so I bought a new Canon that didn't have that

Thanks for the reply

 

slide copy option

this may be an option IF you have the items needed.

go to www.modelerschoice.com
click on articles
go to the article on converting 35mm slides to digital format.

another option is to do a search on "digital picture converter"
you can find another way to convert your slides.

R. Gale Harter

 

Looks like a great solution. I don't have a tripod with that extendable post and don't have a display box like that but I do have the camera. Now I have to figure out how badly I want to convert those slides.


Thanks much for the reply

 

There is also something else you could do if your camera has ***** threads that you can use for filters. It is a tube that has threads on one end and the other has a holder for a slide. To show you what I am talking about take a look at http://cgi.ebay.com/OHNAR-35mm-Slid...mZ180222202359QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting After you attach it to your camera you put your slide in the other end. Just hold it up to the light and snap a photo of your slide.

 

Now that sounds like an even better method but I will have to check the camera. It's a Canon that has many options for exposure/diaphram settings, etc but I don't remember about the threads. Even if it does not, I may be able to accommodate the slide holder myself. I'm pretty handy Sounds like a great solution.

Thanks so much.

 

Hi, yes the ***** on tube with the slide holder on the other end works, but you would need a digital SLR Camera or a 35 mm SLR to be able to remove your standard lens and ***** on the attachment I have done it with my SLR it is not easy as you you need a very even spread light source and getting the exposure right is not easy as well and you can do only 1 slide at a time believe me not worth the effort get a Flatbed scanner with film scan attachments and you can do multiple scans, or even better a dedicated film scanner you might be able to hire one if you only have a limited amount of slides.
Your stock standard flatbed scanners don't have a high enough scanning resolution this is one of the biggest problems in scanning slides.

 

Hi, yes the wind on tube with the slide holder on the other end works, but you would need a digital SLR Camera or a 35 mm SLR to be able to remove your standard lens and wind on the attachment I have done it with my SLR it is not easy as you you need a very even spread light source and getting the exposure right is not easy as well and you can do only 1 slide at a time believe me not worth the effort get a Flatbed scanner with film scan attachments and you can do multiple scans, or even better a dedicated film scanner you might be able to hire one if you only have a limited amount of slides.
Your stock standard flatbed scanners don't have a high enough scanning resolution this is one of the biggest problems in scanning slides.

 

I have two Canon scanners. The MP210, which cannot scan slides or strip film, and the D1250U2F, which can. The difference between the two is not the attachment (which comes with the latter), but the fact that the light source of the former comes from below the glass platen and reflects off the media, while the light source from the latter (set up for this) comes from the top, shines through the slide or film, and is read by sensors under the platen.

The attachment merely holds the slide or film in place

Best bet: Take your slides to Costco. Last time I looked they will make prints for 19 cents a piece, or make images on a CD for the same or less.