Mass slide transfert

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Hello,


i've got a lot of slide (about 6000) to transfert.

At this time i think i going to by a Canon Canoscan FS4000US with a
slide loader (4) and then resell it.

is there a better way???

Is there a more automatic slide scanner (more than four at a time)?
 
Hello,


i've got a lot of slide (about 6000) to transfert.

At this time i think i going to by a Canon Canoscan FS4000US with a
slide loader (4) and then resell it.

is there a better way???

Is there a more automatic slide scanner (more than four at a time)?
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Yes, there is.
Nikon makes a 50 slide feeder SF210 for the 5000ED.
http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=98&productNr=9238

The slide feeder.
http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?page=searchresults&searchinfo=SF210

The scanner.
http://www.adorama.com/INKCS5000ED.html?searchinfo=5000ed&item_no=5

From B&H Photo.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=310477&is=REG
 
CSM1 said:
Yes, there is.
Nikon makes a 50 slide feeder SF210 for the 5000ED.
http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1&grp=98&productNr=9238

The slide feeder.
http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?page=searchresults&searchinfo=SF210

The scanner.
http://www.adorama.com/INKCS5000ED.html?searchinfo=5000ed&item_no=5

From B&H Photo.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=310477&is=REG
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The above links for Adorama do not work.
Go to http://www.adorama.com and search for "5000 ED" without the quotes.
 
is there a better way???
Is there a more automatic slide scanner (more than four at a time)?
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If you mean faster, yes. Digital camera like the Nikons + slide
holder attachement. You can easily go through a couple hundred/thousand
slides in an hour, and be done faster than any other method available
(short of outsourcing the entire thing to a local slide scanning lab).
 
David said:
If you mean faster, yes. Digital camera like the Nikons + slide
holder attachement. You can easily go through a couple hundred/thousand
slides in an hour, and be done faster than any other method available
(short of outsourcing the entire thing to a local slide scanning lab).
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But the quality will not compare to a film scanner.
 
[email protected] said:
Hello,


i've got a lot of slide (about 6000) to transfert.

At this time i think i going to by a Canon Canoscan FS4000US with a
slide loader (4) and then resell it.

is there a better way???

Is there a more automatic slide scanner (more than four at a time)?
Click to expand...

I tried a mass slide transfer with the FS4000US. This scanner is not a
good choice for this kind of work.
My workflow:
- I use VueScan and choose settings to start scanning as soon as I
insert the filmloader and to automatically to eject the filmholder.
- I bought a second set of holders. I cleaned the slides with canned
air and made the one holder ready while the other was in the scanner.
- The scanning of 4 slides took about 10 to 15 minutes

After two hours of "power scanning" the scans became noisy. I suppose
because the scanner was too hot. I had to make a break.
Let's do some mathematics:
4 slides within 15 minutes = 6000 / 4 * 15 = 225000 minutes = 375 hours

This means 2-3 months of hard work.

Winfried

P.S.: I like this scanner, but it is not designed for such kind of work.
 
I have a Canoscan 4000 purchased within weeks of its release many, many
moons ago. It has seen very heavy use and still works so well I cannot
justify replacing it.
Canon discontinued it and never put out even an upgraded model or
significant driver upgrade. I believe this is the only product in the modern
history of Canon that was not repackaged in a newer, upgraded form, whether
actually upgraded or not..
In my experience the Canoscan produces excellent quality scans. In my
experience the Canon software is superior to Vuescan for scanning color
negative material but Vuescan is signifcantly more color accurate in
scanning transparencies to the point of being indispensable.
I have used this scanner for hours on end (probably scanning 40 images at
2400-4000 dpi with dust correction) with no perceptible degradation in the
quality of the scans. 40 high resolution scans using dust removal with this
machine is an endurance contest.
Even with SCSI this is a slow scanner.
If you have 6000 slides to scan you will probably be dead before you finish
the task.
 
birdman said:
I have a Canoscan 4000 purchased within weeks of its release many, many
moons ago. It has seen very heavy use and still works so well I cannot
justify replacing it.
Canon discontinued it and never put out even an upgraded model or
significant driver upgrade. I believe this is the only product in the modern
history of Canon that was not repackaged in a newer, upgraded form, whether
actually upgraded or not..
In my experience the Canoscan produces excellent quality scans. In my
experience the Canon software is superior to Vuescan for scanning color
negative material but Vuescan is signifcantly more color accurate in
scanning transparencies to the point of being indispensable.
I have used this scanner for hours on end (probably scanning 40 images at
2400-4000 dpi with dust correction) with no perceptible degradation in the
quality of the scans. 40 high resolution scans using dust removal with this
machine is an endurance contest.
Even with SCSI this is a slow scanner.
If you have 6000 slides to scan you will probably be dead before you finish
the task.
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Do yourself a favor. Get the LS4000 or LS 5000 with SF-210 feeder. I've
run thousands of slide through it. The 210 model is from what I hear a
big improvement on the jamming issues of the 200. The 5000 is also much
faster than the 4000.

The best thing about this combo is you can periodically add new slides
to the feeder without stopping the scanning. Using this method I've kept
it going continuously for a week or more, nearly 24 hours per day.

You'll get through you slides in time. Just have plenty of canned air.
 
Mike said:
How well does the automatic software dust eliminator work on mass
scannings?

Mike
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It works pretty well with two things to you might want to keep in mind:
- the less dust, the less work ICE has to do and the less time ICE will
take to remove it. The 5000's ICE 4 from what I hear is much better and
faster than the 4000's ICE 3

- the more ICE is used on an image the less sharp the image becomes -
ICE uses among other things, a kind of averaging to fill in where the
dust was, so the sharp edges of the image in those places are degraded
slightly.

Compressed air - either canned or from a filtered air brush compressor -
helps remove most dust on slides. A a small used air brush compressor
with a filter & moisture trap is perfect for this. A bit noisy, but
cheaper in the long run than canned air.

Stubborn dirt or very dirty slide may be helped by a gently applied
camel hair brush OR a piece of Kodak lens tissue that has been rolled
and then torn in half. Use the ragged torn end like a brush - its very
soft and disposable.

Unless you've got sticky stuff on your film, avoid liquid film cleaners.
They can cause more problems than they fix.

If you blow a lot of air, put one of those electrostatic HEPA filters
near by to trap what you blow off. You don't need a big one, and it will
keep the dust from settling inside your scanner or back onto your slides.
 
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