How good is the quality of scanning of slides, 33mm?
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Sorry I can't answer that question as I never used it to scan slides. Everything else scans beautifully, though.
678416
I can't speak to the Canon, but I have been using the V500 for several months with an HP desktop on Vista Home Premium. I have scanned about 1000 35mm slides and all have scanned nicely. I have also scanned a few negatives and they scan better than the slides. Sadly, I still have about 6,000 slides to scan. . .
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The issue is not the vintage of the slide but the slide's condition & format - I've scanned numerous older slides. The machine scans 35 mm (i.e. 24 X 36 mm) slides or negative strips. To save a lot of Photoshop or equivalent app time, should make sure that the slides are as clean as possible before the scan (i.e., compressed air can or squeeze-type air brush). Good luck!
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I have only used the item with 35 mm slides. Using it with these works very well. Some color distortion - in some cases can be corrected on Photoshop Elements. Also, some cropping occurs - but the model for the price (compared with ones 10x more) works well. Look at specs of this model for more info..
544886
I used an Epson V600, which I bought specifically for its film and slide scanning capabilities, though it also scans photos and documents. I've just begun to use it, but so far I'm very satisfied.
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I think the scanner does a great job with 35 mm slides or negatives. It has a slide holder for 4 slides at a time.
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It has worked very well for me! It can scan at a quality of 600dpi for color or gray & 1200dpi for black and white. It depends on how sharp you need the pictures to be. Hope this helps
1340888
I've only scanned slides but I would guess photos will do well also. File format is JPEG. The file size would be limited by the space available on the micro-SD card. I'll try some photos and respond again. I am very happy with the scanner for slides, however.
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It works fine for mounted slides, I helped my dad copy several thousand of them. A couple of things to be aware of...different mounting frames will fit differently into the slot, you may need to adjust different frames to display the most image. Of course, you can only do one slide at a time, so the process can be tedious. Consider getting an SD card to load into the scanner so you can store the images on it, leaving you free to display the unit on a tv...this will give you a good image to work with as well as allowing words in the pictures to be more visible thereby insuring you get correct orientation. Finally, get a can of compressed air so you can periodically blow dust out of the scanner...old slides tend to be dirty. Good luck
213935
It is best for viewing 35mm slides. I've never tried it to view negatives. This device illustrates the old adage "you get what you pay for".
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At an estimated 200 dpi and up (it doesn't actually let you know how high it goes, another limitation as far as I'm concerned), it actually scans at a moderate rate, not too fast and not too slow. Trouble is, I've relied on it for for crisp scans at 200 dpi and up, and it just doesn't do it very well. It wouldn't bother me if the sources were not the greatest resolution to start with, but they are, and the scanner just doesn't do them justice even at the highest resolution.
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Thanks a lot! Any other suggestions? All-in-one with medium format slide scanner?
516155
I'm not sure about scanning negatives of different sizes, but from my experience I think you would be better off scanning the prints (if you still have them) rather than the negatives. I have scanned mounted slides (positives) and the dark ones don't scan very well (grainy). However, I have no complaints about any of the prints I have scanned.
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I purchased an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner. It scans slides, pictures and negatives. The scanner takes 4 slides at a time. Worked great. I had about 1500 slides from the 60s. The Kaiser Mini let me sort thru them quickly. Was a great winter project.
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I think it may depend on the source material. I have only used it for slides that were 40 years old. Predictably those slides that were sharp (in focus) prodused the best results and if a slide was over or underexposed you can try to adjust the exposure. A lot of my slides were starting to fade and they were the ones with with the lowest quality.
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As below, the answer is yes, you will be able to scan your slides, 12 at a time when inserted into the slide holder that is one of the parts you will recieve with this scanner. You will have to remove the metal frames to insert the slides into the holder. I did 15,000 of my parents' slides. It took a long while, but DONE now.
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Good Morning Frank. I have not tried to scan slides yet, still working on scanning a zillion old photos. On the photo scanning side, the Wolverine works great, very straight forward, a quick scan to a memory card, good quality. With a half page scanning window, extra large photos, like class picture/wide angle photos cannot be scanned - don't have many of those. Reading instructions, Wolverine scans one slide at a time.Hope this helps. Tom