Aircraft slides

[Nathan]

On and off this past year I have gained an interest in collecting aircraft 35mm slides. Mostly(all) bought from ebay auctions. I generally look for boneyard aircraft pics, cold war era birds, and day glow orange aircraft pics for slides. Now would like to get a slide scanner so I can share here with all my friends. Was wondering if anyone here had any feedback for a good slide scanner. Also I have a few negatives and would the slide scanner work with these too?


If no one is interested in their slides I would be willing to take em off your hands. Currently bidding on an auction for some C-124 slides one showing a cool day glow orange boneyard bird.

Thanks,
Nathan

[JBoyle]

I'm in the same boat as you..I need a scanner.
Among my shots, 1975 shots of the Boneyard, and Pima Air Museum when it was just open.
Also, Johnson Air service in Missoula in 1972, with a DC-2.
I've loanded my B-17 shots (including some of Nine-O-Nine with her ARS markings) to Scott Thompson, so hopefully I'll see some in the next Final Cut.

Also, USAF stuff throughy the early 80s.

[corsair166b]

I have a scanner that does prints, slides and negatives, a HP Scanjet 3970, does a great job on all three formats....unfortunately when I got my new computer it came with Windows Vista and we all know that the rocket scientists that made that program made it so that it worked with NOTHING else out there, so I have'nt been able to scan the slides or negs lately and have'nt really tackled the problem yet...but the MACHINE itself, the scanner, is rock solid.

Mark

[jotomp]

I use a scanner the VuPoint Solutions Filmscanner. It scans 35mm negatives and 35mm slide. It works with XP and Vista and probably with Windows 7. It will do 6 negatives in a plastic slide holder and 3 slides in a plastic slide holder. The quality is great for color and black and white negatives and color slides. I got mine off of EBAY.

[sagindragin]

hi nathan,

i use a Epson perfection 1670 for slide scanning and my trusty HP Scanjet 4300c for normal use, the scanner is not the clue, the program you use with it decides the quality.

[WallyB]

the scanner is not the clue, the program you use with it decides the quality.

Very good point. You cannot just scan and save/post. Almost certainly the image will need to be resized to be manageable; doing so will cause a loss of sharpness which will need to be corrected. Many scanners will impart a tint (usually red/purple) to the scanned image.

The correction process takes longer than the scanning, sometimes considerably so. Whatever you buy, make sure it comes bundled with decent software, those things can cost much more than the kit itself.

[Roger Cain]

Nathan,

Although I never bought another scanner (yet), here is a question on the same subject I asked a few years back, which is still good info for now on scanners, along with the steps: http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index. ... 195.0.html

It's a slow loading site, so give the page a chance.

[TimAPNY]

B&H has customer reviews that can be very helpful for products. It also gives you an idea of the cost right up front.

Tim

[BaBoeing]

Nathan,

I have a Nikon film scanner and was pointed to a book via one of the many digital photography forums. "Scanning Negatives and Slides by Sascha Steinhoff" is a pretty in depth look at the subject of digitizing slides. You might be able to find one at your library, but here are details of the book from Amazon's listing:

http://tinyurl.com/ScanningSlides

Depending on what kind of results you are after, it can be a steep learning curve. I am finding most of the work (or art) comes in using your post-scanning software of choice.

Gary

[tinbender2]

Anyone got any experience scanning 6x4.5 or 6x7 roll film?, or 4x5 sheet film? I have both slides and negatives.

[levier]

Tin,

I can help with that...

Contact me up offline at:

http://www.flightof2photography.com

Brian Silcox

[Mgawa]

Epson is very good match for anybody needs

[JonL]

Run an Epson V500, with Vuescan scanning software - works well on all I've got - 35mm,slides and colour negative,120, 620 and 127 b&w negatives

[PhotoDesigner]

Greetings All,

I have a bit of experience with scanners.
One of my absolute favorites is the older Epson Perfection 4870 Photo series.
Whether photo paper or film it continues to serve us well.
Epson scanners have a very good reputation - and in our experience, has supported them well.
The thing to know is good flat bed scanners come with "scanning trays" for specific/different film formats - this makes scanning very convenient and is highly advised.
The other thing to know is that most flat beds use a glass bed, other (professional) models use no glass at all. The tray holds the film in place.
The argument being- if there's nothing between your film and the scanner the result is a better scan.... Perhaps true, but dust can be an issue where as keeping your glass bed area clean is less work.

Before making your purchase I do recommend that you contact their customer service before purchasing.
Know what it's like before you buy.
Tech answers/service and software updates/availability become important.
I have found that after market service support (or lack thereof) was one of the biggest deal breakers.

Good Luck,

[PhotoDesigner]

Greetings All,

I have a bit of experience with scanners.
One of my absolute favorites is the older Epson Perfection 4870 Photo series.
Whether photo paper or film it continues to serve us well.
Epson scanners have a very good reputation - and in our experience, has supported them well.
The thing to know is good flat bed scanners come with "scanning trays" for specific/different film formats - this makes scanning very convenient and is highly advised.
The other thing to know is that most flat beds use a glass bed, other (professional) models use no glass at all. The tray holds the film in place.
The argument being- if there's nothing between your film and the scanner the result is a better scan.... Perhaps true, but dust can be an issue where as keeping your glass bed area clean is less work.

Before making your purchase I do recommend that you contact their customer service before purchasing.
Know what it's like before you buy.
Tech answers/service and software updates/availability become important.
I have found that after market service support (or lack thereof) was one of the biggest deal breakers.

Good Luck,