How does the scanner work with mounted slides?
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It works fine for mounted slides, I helped my dad copy several thousand of them. A couple of things to be aware of...different mounting frames will fit differently into the slot, you may need to adjust different frames to display the most image. Of course, you can only do one slide at a time, so the process can be tedious. Consider getting an SD card to load into the scanner so you can store the images on it, leaving you free to display the unit on a tv...this will give you a good image to work with as well as allowing words in the pictures to be more visible thereby insuring you get correct orientation. Finally, get a can of compressed air so you can periodically blow dust out of the scanner...old slides tend to be dirty. Good luck
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Great we just completed over 1090 slides just be patient and watch the small screen that will save a lot of time later
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Agree with BigBadBalrog - it works fine with mounted slides. But, it is a one at a time process. We have mostly used the scanner for 35mm negatives and that works well as long as the film piece is long enough - otherwise you need to insert the negative in a holder (included).
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Slides and negatives will pass IR light, but dust and scratches will clearly show up. Then, the software uses that mask to "heal" whatever is visible in IR, mising the surrounding colors to render the dust and scratches invisible.That is why IR scanning is the way to go. It is a very powerful tool and I wouldn't want to scan batch of slides without it. Of course, you always want to use a can of air to carefully blast most dust away, but you won't get it all. If you are scanning 3 or 4 slides for large reproduction, you may want to take hours and do it all by hand, but if you are scanning 10 or 100 slides, IR will do most of the work for you and produce amazing results. usually out of 10, one or two may need a brief touchup if I'm being very picky. Always use a slide/negative scanner with ICE (or equivilent) and IR scanning.
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The product is not set up that way, the holder is designed for slides only, you could buy individual slide mounts and cut your negative to fit to try. Camera digital sensors do not record positive film in the way a scanner does (scanner software turns negative to positive}.
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Yes, this scanner has a devise in which you can place several slides and scan - I have not used it. I use this exclusively for scanning photos and the quality is excellent.
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There is a USB button that will allow you to view the scanned images directly from the scanners memory card. The button activates the scanner as a removable device in Windows.
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It scannes slides as soon as you hit the button. Since you have to advance the slides manually, its irrelevant how fast the system works. It scans faster than you can advance the slides is a better answer. Hope this helps.
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I used it for many 35mm color slides and negatives, and got OK results. If you have a Windows machine you can use the software that accompanies the scanner to get better results.I chose this one because it is also a good flatbed scanner.
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I've only scanned slides but I would guess photos will do well also. File format is JPEG. The file size would be limited by the space available on the micro-SD card. I'll try some photos and respond again. I am very happy with the scanner for slides, however.
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The slider holder holds 12 slides and scans each slide one at a time. It takes a while to scan each one but the results are great.
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The slides are inserted from the top (the negatives are inserted from the side). The slides are scanned one at a time. I was happier with the scan quality for slides, which was great for me as my family had OODLES of slides. My tech-phobic family cruised through a carousel of slides in 30 minutes.
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A slight correction to the statement that the software doesn't allow for the 110 format. You are correct that the automatic slide/negative detection only works for certain sizes, but if you turn off the preview mode, button top left when in the advanced scanning tab, you will get the raw strip from the scanner. Using the dashed line box, you have to manually draw the box around the slide/negative you want to capture. It will capture as many as you draw boxes for. Painful, yes, but it does work.The likelihood of an SDK would seem remote, as this is a driver you would be hacking, but an expanded set of formats would certainly be more attractive than the current hand drawing method. A slight correction to the statement that the software doesn't allow for the 110 format. You are correct that the automatic slide/negative detection only works for certain sizes, but if you turn off the preview mode, button top left when in the advanced scanning tab, you will get the raw strip from the scanner. Using the dashed line box, you have to manually draw the box around the slide/negative you want to capture. It will capture as many as you draw boxes for. Painful, yes, but it does work.The likelihood of an SDK would seem remote, as this is a driver you would be hacking,... » Read More A slight correction to the statement that the software doesn't allow for the 110 format. You are correct that the automatic slide/negative detection only works for certain sizes, but if you turn off the preview mode, button top left when in the advanced scanning tab, you will get the raw strip from the scanner. Using the dashed line box, you have to manually draw the box around the slide/negative you want to capture. It will capture as many as you draw boxes for. Painful, yes, but it does work.The likelihood of an SDK would seem remote, as this is a driver you would be hacking, but an expanded set of formats would certainly be more attractive than the current hand drawing method. « Show Less
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When you scan slides or negatives on this scanner, it defaults to certain pre-set sizes that you can select via configuration. It does a good job of recognizing images of pre-set size. For odd sizes where you don't have a preset, you need to turn off the thumbnail function and manually select the images. But this is not hard, and if you're editing in say photoshop, getting the selection accurate is not that important.
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I'd thought this was hopeless before your post, but I have a slide holder from an older Canon scanner. It holds 2 columns of 4 slides each, but I wonder if I could just tape it down to the lid or the glass with one column centered in the slide-scanning area. Worth a try, I guess.
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This is a fixed focus unit as is my older Nikon slide scanner. I have scanned several thousand slides with no problems with focus. I have also scanned a number of older prints as well. The only thing I would say is that you will probably need to do some color correcting of your scanned color slides. I use a micro fiber cloth and canned air to clean my slides and scan using their version of digital ice.
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It cannot easily scan 35 mm slides, which should be back-lit. You can rig it up, though, as I have. Lay the slide on the platen, put a sheet of white paper over it, then shine a lamp above it. This provides back-lighting that will work. It works for negative strips, too.
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All my 110 negatives were mounted. I have 2000 slides to digitize . The trays are too slow but did work
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The issue is not the vintage of the slide but the slide's condition & format - I've scanned numerous older slides. The machine scans 35 mm (i.e. 24 X 36 mm) slides or negative strips. To save a lot of Photoshop or equivalent app time, should make sure that the slides are as clean as possible before the scan (i.e., compressed air can or squeeze-type air brush). Good luck!