Emerging from lurking to ask for help. A couple days ago I got out a shoebox of slides from a trip to Russia 20 years ago. A few were shown to the group I traveled with a month or so after we returned home. Other than that I have done nothing with them. As a result I am unable to identify many of the subjects and scenes. Nevertheless, some are interesting, if not good photography. (They were shot with a Pentax K1000 and a fast 50mm lens, the only lens I took on the trip. Not sure of the film. Best guess is Fuji Velvia 100.)
I would like to start scanning a selection of the slides. I have an Epson Perfection V500 Photo scanner. I have always found the Epson scanning software difficult. I recently forked over $100 for a VueScan license and have found it much easier to work with. That said, yesterday I watched a video demonstrating scanning with SilverFast and was impressed. Among other things, It can eliminate dust and scratches, do color correction, and scans to a Raw file. And the price is reasonable. I’d appreciate opinions on SilverFast vs. VueScan I have no experience scanning slides. one question is how to orient the slides in the scanner, i.e., which side of the film should be up and which down. My slides have the date and frame number on one side and “this side toward screen.” should that side face up or down on the scanning table? Random comments or advice about scanning slides would be welcome too. Thanks, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." - Amos Oz -- 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.
