[SEL] O.T. Need 35mm Slide Scanner & Viewer

[Paul Maples]

Rob the people I talked to that use the flat bed scanner with the 35mm slide 
adaptor told me that the quality they got was real poor. Have you ever used 
your scanner to scan slides?, if so how did they come out.

Thanks,

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Skinner" <rskinner at rustyiron.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] O.T. Need 35mm Slide Scanner & Viewer


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> On Aug 2, 2008, at 7:01 PM, Paul Maples wrote:
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>> Hey Gang,
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>> Please forgive me for the O.T. message but I need some help. I have
>> about 800 35mm color slides that I made in the early 60's when I was
>> in Vietnam. Just out of the blue yesterday one of my old military
>> buddies, that I had not seen, or heard from, since the war called me
>> and we had a great visit.
>>
>> He is sending me a CD with all of the pictures he took during the
>> war that he has had converted to .jpg files and put them on a CD. He
>> ask me for a copy of my pictures. I have been all over this town I
>> live in and no one had a 35mm viewer or a 35mm scanner.
>>
>> Does anyone have a viewer and a scanner that they would be willing
>> to sell me so I can transfer my pictures to a CD before the slide
>> film disintegrates?
>>
>> Sorry to bother everyone,
>>
>> Paul
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> Hi Paul,
> My scanner will do it.  It's an Epson Perfection 2450 Photo scanner.
> It's pretty old, so I'm CERTAIN there are a slew of equally capable
> scanners on the shelf at your local computer store.
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> Mine is a typical flat-bed, a little larger than a sheet of paper.
> The key is that the cover has a light in it.  When you scan in
> negative mode, the light in the TOP turns on, rather than the usual
> light that is used for scanning opaque paper.  The scanner also came
> with a "frame" into which you can place film or slides.  Without
> pulling it out of a drawer, I would guess that it can do 20 or so
> slides at a time.
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> The task seems tedious, but it would be worth the effort to preserve
> delicate film.
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> Rob
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