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Best option for scanning a large volume of slides
I'm looking to scan several thousand old 35mm slides for historical archiving.
I've got an old Canon CanoScan flatbed scanner that has the ability to scan slides specifically but its a tad slow and ...
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How can I make my own film scanner using a DSLR camera?
How can I make my own film scanner (35mm) using a 16MP DSLR camera?
For using the camera, I understand that I basically need a soft and even light source and a macro lens to focus on the films from ...
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Using sheetfed scanner to scan photo prints and postcards
I inherited thousands of photographs (negatives + prints) and postcards. My plan is to select from each film the photos I want to keep and feed them to a sheetfed scanner. This prevents me from using ...
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Are photolab negatives to digital (e.g. CD) always better than a low cost USB self scanner?
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I have a low cost USB negatives scanner that is operated manually by passing the negatives in a tray through it and scanning one by one. The quality looks good enough - for old everyday ...
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Does anyone make a digital real-time negative viewer/quick preview, with no scan-then-view delay?
Is there real time/instant negatives viewer, i.e. one where you can slide into or place a negative onto its sensor and preview the results via a screen or in a window of software on an attached ...
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Do I need a new scanner, and if so what sort?
For some years I've been planning to scan a heap of old analog photos -- Kodachrome slides plus 35mm. color negs and a lesser number of b+w negatives -- and, maybe because I use Nikon, I've always ...
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Scanning to include sprockets. How do i get rid of the blue blotches?
Epson v500. when not using either of the film masks i get these blue blotches in the scan. I've tried epson scan and vuescan. Anyone know how to get it to scan without the blotches?
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epson v500 digital ice turns off automatically
I have an Epson v500 and whenever I go to scan negatives I turn digital ice on and press preview. After the preview is done digital ice gets automatically turned off. Is this normal and should I be ...
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Best auto-feed photo and/or negative scanner?
My father recently passed away and left us with grocery bags, buckets, and 55-gallon drums full of photographs and negatives. I'm guessing there are easily over 100,000 photos and 100,000 negatives.
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how to properly clean inside a scanner
I have an Epson Perfection 2400 PHOTO Scanner. It has been a great device scanning both printed images and negatives. It is about 5 years old. Over time, I have noticed that the scanned image ...
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Is there a film scanner that can read the data from APS films and include it in the EXIF metadata?
I've a bunch of APS films that I'd like to scan but all the film scanners I've seen on the market today are 35mm scanners; and whilst some have little carriers to allow you to physically scan APS, ...
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What to consider when scanning 35mm film (and scanning in general)
I'm looking to digitise my old photos - I've probably got about 2000 frames to scan, so not sure if I really want a dedicated film scanner as I'd like to be able to continue using the scanner to ...
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What is the best negative scanner (35mm) for $400 or less?
Now that we are moving to the digital world...
What is the best negative scanner for the price range of up to $400
