Questions tagged [slides]
The slides tag has no usage guidance.
63
questions
3
votes
2
answers
169
views
Color temperature when digitizing slides
Can I assume that slides are somehow designed to project proper colors when illuminated by a lamp with a specific color temperature? If so what temperature was that? 3200K?
When I digitalize slides I ...
- 18.3k
0
votes
3
answers
118
views
What vintage slide projector can I use to view 70mm formatted slides?
1960 Rollei camera, made slides which I would like to view but can't find the correct size format for purchasing a slide projector.
*I've converted inches to mm: 2 3/4" = 69.85mm or 70mm
*What ...
- 11
0
votes
1
answer
75
views
Weird blotches on old negatives and slides?
I am scanning some of my old negatives and slides. On some I have found a weird blotching, almost like a fungus that is growing on one side of the slide/negative (I've found the same on both media). ...
0
votes
0
answers
53
views
metal slide binders
I recently purchased a box of glass slides and metal binders, also in the box were some very thin frames that when folded were the size of the the metal binder. I am trying to date them and determine ...
3
votes
4
answers
294
views
Avoiding blurry edges with slide duplicator + macro lens
I have just bought a Kaiser Digital Slide Duplicator in order to digitise 35mm slides (mostly positives), since this is something I need to do fairly often.
In general, I have seen lots of people ...
0
votes
2
answers
137
views
Help designing a mini slide projector
After spending the better part of a year thinking about designing a tiny film projector I am beginning the process. I know the basics of photography but I find it very difficult to calculate what ...
- 11
1
vote
4
answers
407
views
What is the usefulness and best conversion software of TIFF file format for scanned slides
I will use an external provider to scan 1000+ old slides ("diapositives"), mostly family snapshots made a few decades ago. The provider offers by default standard definition jpg (512 x 340 ...
- 113
2
votes
1
answer
110
views
Pinholes in 35 mm slides
While scanning many 35 mm slides (mostly Kodachrome and its successors, i.e. Kodachrome II and 64), I noticed what appear to be pinholes in the emulsion, perhaps on the order of 10 or 100 microns. The ...
- 2,566
1
vote
1
answer
149
views
Digitizing slides with a camera: still too much noise
Third episode of my odyssey to digitize our entire family slides collection.
If you want to know all the details of the project, I invite you to check my two other posts but here is a quick recap of ...
- 177
0
votes
1
answer
46
views
How to save 4x5 images of artwork, slide images of artwork in 1 foot of water?
There was a flood in my storage. Items were removed within 24 hours. How can I save the images and negatives?
- 1
2
votes
3
answers
165
views
Slides in the digital era
I did use colour slides decades ago: Agfachrome, mostly.
How can I achieve a similar effect in the digital era?
An idea: have a 4k camera and a 4k projector - I am not sure whether this is viable and ...
- 123
5
votes
1
answer
238
views
Counteract strong blue light emission from a cheap LED
First of all let me tell you that I'm a real newbie in photography, I know basically nothing.
I'm trying to digitize our family slides. Just to be sure we're all talking about the same thing, I'm ...
- 177
2
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Can you recycle slide/transparency/negative pages?
I have several hundred used slide pages I want to dispose of. They're Print File, Vue All and Calumet brand. Are they recyclable? I called Print File and was told that some have polyethylene and ...
- 21
4
votes
1
answer
403
views
Has anyone used a peroxide-based bleach for C-41 or E-6 film processing?
I've recently been reviewing what's changed in film processing in the decade or so I've been away from it.
One of the things I found in YouTube videos is that apparently there's now a way to process ...
- 6,982
1
vote
1
answer
339
views
Will ferricyanide based bleach work well with various C-41 and E-6 films?
I've got limited experience developing color films -- I've done a few rolls of C-41 using a two-bath color developer from a formula I found online, and Kodak bleach-fix and stabilizer, several years ...
- 6,982
4
votes
2
answers
240
views
Does a slide made from color reversal film take damage when used for several hours in a slide projector?
So I'm planning on projecting slides made from color reversal film for a long continuous amount of time in an old fashioned slide projector and was wondering how much damage the heat from the ...
- 349
1
vote
2
answers
105
views
Mold Spread On Slides
I am scanning my fathers slides that got damaged last year in a move. They have been in slide magazines (Airequipt) for years. Moving day, last year, the moving boxes they were in had gotten wet. I ...
- 11
5
votes
1
answer
624
views
What is this white film on slides from late 1950s?
I've got a bunch of Kodak slides that I'm scanning, I've noticed that for ones from the late 1950s only, there is a white film on the slide on the side with the image (not the glossy side). If I wipe ...
- 1,705
0
votes
1
answer
874
views
Pacific Image PowerSlide X vs Braun MULTIMAG SlideScan 7000 Film Scanner
What is the difference between these two scanners? It looks like the specs are the same, but the price is not.
Will the Braun include software, and the Pacific not?
I found that the Braun had a "...
- 131
3
votes
1
answer
899
views
What are the differences between projector, enlarger, and macro lenses for photographing 35mm slides?
I have some 35mm slides that I would like to digitalize. I am thinking about building something like this (modifying a slide projector to feed the slides and mounting a dslr to photograph the slide ...
- 1,571
2
votes
2
answers
444
views
Focussing 100mm Auto Bellows Minolta lens on Bellows I with slide duplicator
I have a Minolta Auto Bellows 100mm lens (no focussing functionality, just aperture), that I am trying to use to duplicate slides with a A7R III and Minolta bellows I, focussing rail and slide ...
- 123
2
votes
1
answer
891
views
What is causing a white stripe on top of some slides taken with my film camera?
I am using slide film in a Canon EOS 1V and I recently discovered that some of my pictures turn out to have a white stripe on top of the frame, e.g. in these ones:
What I find weird is that only ...
user74600
3
votes
1
answer
245
views
Safe Deposit Boxes & Dehumidifiers
I currently store all my photographic material in my bedroom cupboard. The temperature is around 20 C and the RH is 60%. I have been researching ways to bring this figure down to 50%.
I would like to ...
- 141
2
votes
1
answer
4k
views
What is the best way to store slides?
I am aware that this question may have been asked many times, but what is a good way to store and preserve slides that were taken after 1980?
I am well aware that slides should be stored in a cool, ...
- 141
1
vote
1
answer
169
views
Why do my photographic slides have a lighter area near the borders?
I've just been examining my collection of 35 mm colour positive slides and I have noticed something unusual. The edge of the colour positive slide, where the image meets the inner rim of the border it ...
- 141
1
vote
3
answers
153
views
How do I get images from 35 mm positive film?
How do I get images made from a roll of 35 mm positive film?
I've had a professional try to create individual prints, but they said they couldn't as the film was positive not a negative roll.
- 19
1
vote
2
answers
2k
views
Copying slides with a 50mm lens instead of a macro one
I'm reading in multiple places about how to use macro lens to copy slides. Found a good video too.
They usually recommend to make use of the Digital Duplicator de Kaiser, remove the internal lens, ...
- 377
3
votes
2
answers
363
views
What is the quality I can expect for 8×10" prints from a $100-150 slide scanner?
I have several hundred slides that I want to scan by buying a 14 or 20 megapixel scanner online. I’ve seen them for about $100-$150 but what I have not been able to confirm is what with the quality of ...
- 31
1
vote
3
answers
286
views
How would you create a projector gobo from a photo?
I use a 40 watt LED gobo projector to project light through a gobo. The "gobo" is a glass or metal disc with a maximum 40mm image. The other end of the projector is an adjustable lens for focus and ...
2
votes
2
answers
2k
views
What aspect ratio are slides intended to be?
My father-in-law was cleaning out his basement recently and discovered a cache of slide carousels taken in the 1960s that his deceased wife left behind. He sent them to my wife and I and we have had ...
- 2,883
4
votes
3
answers
509
views
How to use colour charts and patches for color restoration of old photographic films?
I work for an institution with a large photographic archive of art, containing among other things colour negatives and ektachrome films. My team is digitizing the films and in the meantime we want to ...
- 53
3
votes
3
answers
194
views
What quality slide scanners are available? [closed]
I'm searching for a quality slide scanner to convert some color 35 mm slides into JPEG format. My dad had hundreds of slides from his visit to Japan in the 50's and I really want to transfer them and ...
- 31
0
votes
2
answers
153
views
Are there any handheld slide viewers that work with a carousel?
I don't know if this exists—but—am looking for a slide viewer that you can hook a carousel into yet view in a box as opposed to projecting it.
Dad has a zillion slides but at 94 can't handle a ...
- 1
1
vote
2
answers
980
views
How do I warm up my flash's color for indoor shooting with slide film?
I am using ISO 100 35mm slide film (camera Minolta x700, with a dedicated flash unit). Pictures taken indoors with flash have come out insipid and almost too cold (white).
How can I add a bit of ...
- 11
2
votes
1
answer
204
views
What Is A Box That Allows Viewing Slides Using Both Eyes Called?
I view my 35mm slides using a projector and a light table with a loupe, but I had this very simple and portable device when I was a child but I don't know what it was called.
You just loaded a slide ...
- 1,396
7
votes
4
answers
3k
views
How to identify slide/negative scanners that produce RAW files?
I'm looking for a 35mm slide and negative scanner that can give me raw files like my camera does.
I have a ancient Polaroid SprintScan 35, and it's frustrating to use. Back then, there weren't raw ...
- 17.3k
5
votes
4
answers
8k
views
What type of camera and film are Keychain Photo viewers made with?
Does anyone know of those keychain picture viewers that are really popular at the beach? You would get you photo taken, then it would be an instant, and be put in a keychain viewer for a small fee. ...
- 51
10
votes
9
answers
22k
views
How to Destroy Slides
After scanning (some of) them I would like to destroy the old 35mm slides I inherited due to privacy concerns. I will separate them from the frames, so I'm talking about destroying only the thin film ...
- 221
1
vote
1
answer
2k
views
Scan film or slides using Ubuntu [closed]
I own a Epson V330 photoscanner which seems to be quite well supported by Ubuntu but I cannot find any (open source or at least free) software capable to scan multiple slides or photos from a film in ...
- 207
6
votes
6
answers
31k
views
How can I create film slides from digital photos?
I realise that this is a somewhat unconventional question as most people would like to do the reverse of what I want.
I've just found a tool called Light Blaster that uses a lens, a speedlight as ...
- 8,268
1
vote
3
answers
1k
views
Should I save scanned images of 35mm slides from a Nikon scanner in JPEG or Tiff?
I am scanning 35mm color slides, some 50 years old, with a Nikon scanner. Should I save the scanned image in jpeg or tiff format for saving on archival CDs?
- 11
1
vote
2
answers
103
views
How can I prevent focus shift between slides when projecting them?
I want to project some slides with a projector.
I set the focus according to the first image. A few images appear to be out of focus. As it turns out, the images are actually in focus, but the ...
- 8,464
2
votes
1
answer
10k
views
How do I know the expiry date of this film?
I have some Fujichrome Sensia 100 here. I am quite sure this is already expired. I wanted to know for sure but could not find any date on the roll.
I guess this was some very standard slide film. I ...
- 8,464
1
vote
1
answer
667
views
Concerns with glass slides vs glassless
When developing and storing color (or black and white for that matter) slide film, I've seen that you have two major types of slide mounts: glass and glassless.
From what I've read, glass is better ...
- 1,728
1
vote
5
answers
3k
views
Cheapest camera possible to use for "scanning" slides using a projector and a camera
I've recently decided that my parents would love to have their slide collection in digital format, because being on slides means they are never looked at- most are older than I am, yet I don't think I'...
- 111
3
votes
2
answers
2k
views
What lens should I use to be able to fill the frame with a mounted 35mm slide at 12 inches?
Objective:
Digitize thousands (~7500) mounted 35mm slides as quickly as possible (without using a paid service), about 1,000 before Father's Day.
Equipment:
Kodak Carousel 750H Projector
Nikon ...
- 31
2
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Using a 35mm Slide Copier with a Crop Sensor
I have a large amount of slides and negatives I want to digitize. I'm thinking about using a slide copier to do this, but own Nikon d5100- a crop sensor. After de-magnifying the image, how will this ...
- 477
3
votes
1
answer
2k
views
How much does heat degrade old movies and slides?
I'm hoping some knowledgeable person on here can help me with this. Several years ago a family member dropped off tons of boxes of old 8mm and 16mm movies and slides, mostly from the 1960's and 70's, ...
- 31
3
votes
4
answers
13k
views
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 i'...
- 2,536
4
votes
1
answer
4k
views
How can I configure the number of slides in Vuescan for batch scanning?
I am using Vuescan to scan slides in on my Epson Perfection 2450.
The problem is when batch scanning the slides Vuescan thinks that I am scanning in 8 slides and not 4. Now when I scan it takes twice ...
- 143
Hot Network Questions
- Doesn't Windows Sandbox require Hyper-V to run? How is it working with Hyper-V not enabled?
- Why is it generally important to be consistent with the tone and style of writing?
- "Tidally locked" Oort Cloud object
- Does the capacitance of a Schottky diode depend on switching frequency?
- What was the most inconsequential failure on an STS mission recorded in mission reports?
- Accused of plagiarism in my master thesis, which I submitted two years ago. What now?
- Are there any laws against either excessively loud motorcycles or riding such motorcycles inconsiderately in residential areas at night?
- How does the absence of quadratic terms in the Lagrangian imply massless quanta?
- The set of all possible values of subseries of a convergent positive term series
- Can you use 'amok' without 'run'? How?
- How many TCP retransmissions Internet traffic is considered normal for a basic home setup?
- Problem with samtools command with a final hyphen
- "Warning: Remote Host Identification Has Changed" — Did GitHub change their RSA key?
- Who is the PhD student to their supervisor?
- How can I ensure anonymity with queries to small datasets?
- Unique number from digits 0123456789 with simple property
- Is Arcana the only profiency in 5e that locks something behind the *skill* profiency system?
- Covering all but finitely many integers via some given polynomials
- HoldForm not working with Map
- Ray problem (geometry)
- User friendly way to apply BadRAM patterns
- Why are there no single logic gates in through-hole packages?
- I found a security vulnerability in our code. How do I present it in our sprint review?
- Can they make a digital copy of Lance Reddick for the "Continental" TV series?