I have some photo slides, that I would like to scan/digitize, so that I can then dispose of the slides and perhaps find a new home for my slide projector.
Does anyone have one of those small slide scanners or a flat bed scanner (for slides), that I could borrow or rent?
Thanks
Bill
It's probably not justified unless you have lots of slides but it looks like you can some pretty inexpensive (under $100) slide scanners now:
https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362752,00.asp
Thanks for the Link Jason!
It appears those under $100 USD scanners are only photograph scanners. The scanners that do slides (Transparencies) are considerably more money. :-(
From what I gather from reading on the internet about scanning photo slides and film, some of those under $100 slide scanners are basically just a 5 Mega pixel camera. They apparently produce a somewhat OK image of the slide picture, for viewing on a computer, but if you want to print out a picture of the photo, the picture may not be that great.
YouTube has a number of do it yourself videos on how you can scan your slide/film, using your own higher MegaPixel digital DSLR camera. If you have a non-slide, scanning flat bed scanner, there is a template you can download, to make a special reflector for use on these flat bed scanners.
These do it yourself videos, may give better results than using the under $100 slide scanners.
I will give both YouTube methods a try, with my photo slides, since I do have a 20 Mega Pixel Sony mirrorless camera and I also have a non-slide scanning, flat bed scanner.
Bill
Ah, you're right. My mistake. This one seems to have a good review but is closer to $200 (and probably over with conversion):
https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430106,00.asp
It may not be great quality but yeah, you're gonna to have to pay for that if you want it. There must be somebody that does this as a service in Peterborough.