Scanning slides?

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Terry Pinnell

Is there any way I can scan old 35mm slides successfully with my
standard AstaSlim scanner in this XP PC please? Efforts so far with
combinations of high resolution, varied brightess/contrast, white
sheet behind, etc, have all produced muddy blurs.
 
there may well be and I would be interested to know, BUT several people have
told me that unless there is a slide adaptor with your scanner [calibrated
to give the correct distance between slide and scanner] then the answer is
no. I have managed with negatives but not very well
 
gruffydd said:
there may well be and I would be interested to know, BUT several people have
told me that unless there is a slide adaptor with your scanner [calibrated
to give the correct distance between slide and scanner] then the answer is
no. I have managed with negatives but not very well
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Thanks. Does anyone have any more information about these adaptors
please? Can I improvise one? Buy one (in UK) separately from scanner?

No other way of getting slides digitised?
 
Terry said:
Thanks. Does anyone have any more information about these
adaptors please? Can I improvise one? Buy one (in UK)
separately from scanner?

No other way of getting slides digitised?
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Here's an example from the
Amazon.co.uk website:

Epson Perfection 2480
A4 Flatbed Colour Scanner
http://tinyurl.com/5fmr6


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John Inzer said:
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Here's an example from the
Amazon.co.uk website:

Epson Perfection 2480
A4 Flatbed Colour Scanner
http://tinyurl.com/5fmr6
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Thanks, John. That looks a good candidate. Another product my googling
found was the Genius ColorPage-HR7X USB Slim (1200x2400 dpi, 5
buttons, Transparency Adapter) Scanner (K933B040) £63.39

Based on comments elsewhere that slides need illumination from above,
I experimented with simply opening the lid, masking most of the glass,
and positioning a light above. But my scanner insisted on reporting
'Scan Read Error', so I've given up.

Just irks me to have to buy a whole new scanner, and go through the
potential hassle of installing it with XP's Plug 'n Pray, when all I
need is a little adaptor!
 
Terry said:
Thanks, John. That looks a good candidate. Another
product my googling found was the Genius ColorPage-HR7X
USB Slim (1200x2400 dpi, 5 buttons, Transparency Adapter)
Scanner (K933B040) £63.39

Based on comments elsewhere that slides need illumination
from above, I experimented with simply opening the lid,
masking most of the glass, and positioning a light above.
But my scanner insisted on reporting 'Scan Read Error',
so I've given up.

Just irks me to have to buy a whole new scanner, and go
through the potential hassle of installing it with XP's
Plug 'n Pray, when all I need is a little adaptor!
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You're welcome.

I have seen some reports of various home
grown methods but I'm thinking you would
have better results with a proper scanner.

Here's an article that may offer some ideas
for experimentation:

Let's Build A TMA
http://www.scantips.com/basics12e.html

This article is from the following website:

A Few Scanning Tips
http://www.scantips.com/

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