Digitising Glass Slides.
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:41 pm
Not sure if this is the correct section but I'm sure someone will move it if it isn't.
I've acquired 50 Victorian 31/4" square glass slides. I thought I might try scanning them to put into an AV show. However, the results I got on my Canon MX925 all in one were not the quality(blurred) I could see with the naked eye. My previous scanner had frames for negs & slides & a light in the lid especially for scanning transparencies. I contacted Canon & was told mine wasn't suitable. Two other methods would be to project them through the Tyler Helioscopic magic lantern I'm converting to LED illumination & photograph the result, or a camera mounted slide copier, which I don't have & looking around can only find one suitable for 35mm film, I wondered if anyone had a large format slide copier with a 52mm thread, or could suggest some other way. I sold my photographic scanner to an ADAPS member, but I sold it because it wouldn't operate the supplied software on my new PC & needed to downsize, hence the all in one (my worst Canon buy ever), (no support from Canon).
Eric
I've acquired 50 Victorian 31/4" square glass slides. I thought I might try scanning them to put into an AV show. However, the results I got on my Canon MX925 all in one were not the quality(blurred) I could see with the naked eye. My previous scanner had frames for negs & slides & a light in the lid especially for scanning transparencies. I contacted Canon & was told mine wasn't suitable. Two other methods would be to project them through the Tyler Helioscopic magic lantern I'm converting to LED illumination & photograph the result, or a camera mounted slide copier, which I don't have & looking around can only find one suitable for 35mm film, I wondered if anyone had a large format slide copier with a 52mm thread, or could suggest some other way. I sold my photographic scanner to an ADAPS member, but I sold it because it wouldn't operate the supplied software on my new PC & needed to downsize, hence the all in one (my worst Canon buy ever), (no support from Canon).
Eric