Very old negs onto computer

[woolybanana]

Found a few old negatives at the back of the bureau. How do I get these onto the computer svp? Do I get prints made then scan or is there a single step way of doing it?

[DerekJ]

You can scan the negatives without going through the step of printing them. There are loads of scanners/devices to do this especially for 35mm format. They vary in price. I haven't actually done this but I'd like to do it in the future. They will also allow you to scan slides.

[woolybanana]

Thanks, I'll see what can be done.

[odile]

OH has done this by using a flat bed scanner and the software that came with it. He has a Cannon, and is very happy with it. Costs around £130. Nikon or Minolta do specialised scanners for 35mm where the resolution will be better. do you know somebody who has a scanner so you can try. Many photographic shops will do it for a charge. Shame you live so far from the Jura.

[krusty]

If you already have a digital camera then one of these might be worth considering , people`s opinions down the page rate it well.Opteka make them for lots of different cameras.

http://www.amazon.com/Opteka-Slide-Copier-Canon-PowerShot/dp/B000EPXUM6?&camp=212361&linkCode=wsw&tag=slideconverter-20&creative=380789

Flatbed scanners work by reflecting light off printed stuff - much like a photocopier/xerox. However to scan slides you need a scanner that can shine light through the slide. This is the same reason you have to hold slides up to the light to view them by hand.

[sid]

Many scanners have this facility these days. The lid will contain a "light box" affair and a frame to hold negs or slides. I have an Epson RX500, five years old which does this job very well; there must be even better ones on the market now. I've also seen a USB device on the shopping channels (no, don't ask why I was watching that rubbish!!!) which can also scan directly onto a memory card, so theoretically you don't need a pc to do the copying.

Sid

[Tony F Dordogne]

I've got one of the machines for transferring slides/negs to a computer and they are really easy to use (that's handy for me) and give excellent results.  The system, is a bit laborious but the results are really good.

[Dog]

You need a backlit scanner.

[kimg]

I have an Epson Scanner, with a back light and im in the process of scanning old negatives where the pics have long since been lost.  i have owned a dedicated negative scanner but would recomment a flat bed scanner, keeping dust specs off the negatives is always a problem, although i use a attached programme called digital ice which helps clean them up.

if i were you id take them into a shop and they might put them onto cd, or email me as i dont mind scanning them putting them on a cd and mailing them back at postage cost

kim

[Dave&Olive]

[quote user="Dog"]You need a backlit scanner.[/quote]

sounds painfull...[:P]

          Dave

[kimg]

lol

ill take that as a no thanks then

kim