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From: LeighWillaston on 1 Jun 2007 04:11 I have hundreds of 35 mm slides of family and travel which I want to transfer to digital images. On the rare occasions when I can access a scanner, it is very time consuming. I have a 35 mm carousel projector, and wonder whether I can photograph each image as I project it onto a white surface. Has anyone else done this, and are there some factors I need to take into consideration, such as size of projected image, setting of digital camera, etc.? -- LeighWillaston
From: GregS on 1 Jun 2007 10:05 In article <LeighWillaston.a5dd45(a)photobanter.com>, LeighWillaston <LeighWillaston.a5dd45(a)photobanter.com> wrote: > >I have hundreds of 35 mm slides of family and travel which I want to >transfer to digital images. > >On the rare occasions when I can access a scanner, it is very time >consuming. > >I have a 35 mm carousel projector, and wonder whether I can photograph >each image as I project it onto a white surface. > >Has anyone else done this, and are there some factors I need to take >into consideration, such as size of projected image, setting of digital >camera, etc.? I did this with 8mm movies, except onto video tape. You may need to compensate for color error. Most are using a tungston lamp, but might not be too bad. I think you should have good luck. Converting my slides to digital were not all that impressive. You gain contrast. Clarity should be decent if you use autofocus on the projector and use a tripod, and fix your cameras focus. greg
From: HEMI-Powered on 1 Jun 2007 10:17 LeighWillaston offered these thoughts for the group's consideration of the matter at hand: > I have hundreds of 35 mm slides of family and travel which I > want to transfer to digital images. > > On the rare occasions when I can access a scanner, it is very > time consuming. > > I have a 35 mm carousel projector, and wonder whether I can > photograph each image as I project it onto a white surface. > > Has anyone else done this, and are there some factors I need > to take into consideration, such as size of projected image, > setting of digital camera, etc.? > I have tried this and it does work. Whether the quality is good enough for you depends on your expecations. Consider that your camera likely had a very good lens but a slide projector has a relatively poor lens which is optimized for brightness and a flat "subject", the slide. As to your questions, not knowing much about the subjects on your slides or their condition, it is difficult to say anything meaningful other than, experiment with a typical set of them and see what works best for you. Also, investigate local or mail-away slide scanning services. Ritz Camera does this as does CVS Pharmacy (of all people!), and I suspect many other places do as well. Prices tend to start at 75 cents/slide and can get to $1.50 or $2.00 in my investigations. If you decide this is a solution for you, consider a couple of "gotchas": one is that you'll be sending away irreplaceable slides, so I would go slowly. The other is that the scanning service may create digital images that you feel are too light or too dark, or have a color shift. If you see the latter in your test scans, tell the service what you want. The better ones will allow you to specify general alterations to the general setup they use. -- HP, aka Jerry
From: MG on 1 Jun 2007 13:20 > I have hundreds of 35 mm slides of family and travel which I want to > transfer to digital images. > > On the rare occasions when I can access a scanner, it is very time > consuming. > > I have a 35 mm carousel projector, and wonder whether I can photograph > each image as I project it onto a white surface. > > Has anyone else done this, and are there some factors I need to take > into consideration, such as size of projected image, setting of digital > camera, etc.? This is what I did. MG
From: MG on 1 Jun 2007 13:25
> I have hundreds of 35 mm slides of family and travel which I want to > transfer to digital images. > > On the rare occasions when I can access a scanner, it is very time > consuming. > > I have a 35 mm carousel projector, and wonder whether I can photograph > each image as I project it onto a white surface. > > Has anyone else done this, and are there some factors I need to take > into consideration, such as size of projected image, setting of digital > camera, etc.? This is what I did http://users.iafrica.com/m/mc/mcollett/brsd/index.htm MG (Sorry, forgot URL first time around) |