Converting 35mm slides to JPEG

[kaspaas]

Hi,

my parents have boxes and boxes of 35mm slides - and they don't have easy access to their memories.

Where can I have such slides scanned to JPEG in a cost effective manner?

I'm looking for such a service in the Pretoria area.

Thanks

 

[Nod]

I know that you do get a scanner that have a slide try. Might be worth looking into, and will cost less than having somebody do it for you.

Something like this: http://www.hawkee.com/shop/prod/5022635/
Locally: http://www.jump.co.za/compare/epson-perfection-scanner-v300-4800-dpi-a4-usb-hi-speed-383004.htm
Seems to be around the R1100 mark.

 

[Edduck]

You can get perfect results with a proper slide film scanner but you will probably pay a few grand for that. It might be cheaper to take it to a photo shop and get them to do it. If you do go that route get a sample of your slides scanned to check the quality of the scans.

 

[Jabberwocky]

Project them, and then take pictures?

 

[Nuro]

I bought a canon 4200F scanner 3 years ago, and it has a dedicated film and slide scanner (with proper backlight). We converted about 1500 slides to jpeg, and it was well worth it.

EDIT: Price was about 1K.

 

[ponder]

Where can I have such slides scanned to JPEG in a cost effective manner?

You can get perfect results with a proper slide film scanner but you will probably pay a few grand for that. It might be cheaper to take it to a photo shop and get them to do it. If you do go that route get a sample of your slides scanned to check the quality of the scans.

It's actually cheaper to buy the slide scanner but it take a helluva lot of time to do the actual scanning & cleanup.

Went down this road before and to have slides scanned if frigging expensive, got quotes from about 10 places. Ideally you want clean then in a ultrasonic bath first and then run them through a chemical process again for restoration to some degree depending on how bad they are before you start scanning.