For simple, low quality, show-on-Facebook-or-put-them-on-TV captures, something like this "ImageLab FS9T 9 MegaPixel Slide and Negative Scanner" (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/747956-REG/ImageLab_FS9T_FS9T_9_MegaPixel_Slide.html), $55 from B&H Photo, would probably work very well.
As an aside: I use film scanners—Nikon Coolscan V and SuperCoolscan 9000—a fair bit. They produce outstanding results but are somewhat slow in operation. I know a lot of folks are happy with the flatbed scanning solutions, but when I've used them (Epson 2450, V700), I felt they gave up too much quality for 35mm. And they're also slow. Getting printable quality scans with any scanner takes some skill and effort to learn how to make the best scans. Recently, however, I realized that the pixel density of the E-M1 and A7 were high enough to challenge the film scanners for capturing film images into digital, and I had the right lenses to try it with (Olympus ZD 35/3.5 Macro for the E-M1, Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 plus PK-1 extension tube for the Sony A7). Both lenses cost me in the neighborhood of $125-165. I added a Nikon ES-1 slide stage … It's a gizmo with a 52mm threaded filter coupling for the lens, a sliding tube to set the distance, and a holder for slides backed by a thick piece of opaque diffuser glass. $65 from an Ebay vendor. It fits directly on either of the two lenses. First test with E-M1+ZD35 rig: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/11847428014/ 9Mpixel image, a bit of image processing due to the super high contrast slide. Second test with A7+Micro-Nikkor 55 rig: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/12098622144/ 21Mpixel image, only some color balance adjustments to make an 11x17" print. Capturing these slides was the fastest, easiest way I've experienced to get superb quality digital renderings that I can do anything I want with. Fit slide, set focus, point to a decent light source, make exposure. There is some time and work involved, and it's not easy to automate doing hundreds of slides this way as you have to basically set up each one individually, but the speed of the capture, the quality of the result, and the ease of outputting to whatever format you want to present them in is far better than running a scanner setup. With a bit of ingenuity to create a jig for holding negative strips, I can see using the setup for negatives as well, but there the workflow advantages of a film scanner (or even flatbed scanner) probably keep it in front. Godfrey On Jan 27, 2014, at 9:49 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a friend that asked me to recommend a scanner that he could buy that > would be able to scan slides. He's not interested in large files and only > wants to archive for possible digital projection - no printing. > > Any suggestion from list members for such a scanner? > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
