Ed,

Over the years I had lots of professors trying to scan slides on the 
cheap.  In the end, they were all unhappy with the results.  In some 
cases, I had scanned a few for them using a Nikon Coolscan which they 
eventually ended up purchasing.  Nikon does cost more but has a higher 
resolution and I would guess is faster per slide.

Scan directly into Photoshop and click Auto Levels.  You will be amazed 
what you can do with a "red" slide.

Good luck

Tom Browne

LLTI-Editor wrote:

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>>Subject: Slide Digitizing
>>Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:02:22 -0500
>>Thread-Topic: Slide Digitizing
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>>From: "Dente, Edmund N." <[log in to unmask]>
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>Hi,
>This is a little off-topic, but I wonder if you can help with this question.
>Here at home, I have 35 years' worth of slides (thousands) that I need to begin
>digitizing. Because most of them are Ektachrome, many are already past their
>expected color dye life span, which, if I remember correctly, is 25 years. Some
>- Kodachrome -- have a much longer life without color shift, but there still is
>some urgency (such as the limited future availability of slide projector lamps)
>in digitizing them.
>Hammacher-Schlemmer advertises a slide to digital converter for $100 that is
>described here:
>"Slides and negatives are placed into a tray that aligns each properly; the
>touch of a button scans the image instantly. It has a 5MP CMOS sensor that
>provides 10 bits per color channel for data conversion, and uses fixed focus and
>automatic exposure control and color balance, resulting in clear digital images
>without loss of resolution."
>Here is the URL for this unit:
>http://www.hammacher.com/publish/74083.asp
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>Any thoughts on this as an expedient and inexpensive digitizing tool? Any
>suggestions on a different approach for this home project?
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>In advance, thanks!
>Ed
>(While we're at it, any thoughts on headset sanitiz....errr, sorry, never mind.
>*grin*)
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