Scanning old 35mm negatives

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Evening all,

I've a lot of very sentimental 35mm negatives and some slides that I'd really like to scan in so that I have an electronic copy of them incase anything was to happen.

What would you recommend for scanning them? Not sure if there's anything that's semi automated rather than having to spend ages cutting them into separate images later?

Thanks
 
I had a chat with PhotoExpress about scanning a number of my Kodachrome slides to CD

they were very helpful .... give them a call..?
 
I've been in the same position as you and thought of a slightly different (cheap :)) way of doing it.

My first enlarger was a LPL C3301D and remebered it doubled up as a copy stand.

I found a Jessops branded identical model enlarger on eBay for £35 and used my (at the time) D700 with 50mm f1.8 with extension tubes and a Cabin 200 light box.
A piece of perspex to keep the negatives / slides flat and I was able to copy them to digital at maximum quality.

It's a bit of a faff and takes a while but it's what long winter evenings are for.
Also you are in control of the quality.

Hope this helps,

Terry.
 
l found some negatives of the last pictures l took of my dad before he died many years ago.
Jessops have a single charge for up to l think it was 40 negatives, £35
ok so l only had 7 but the results were brilliant, on dvd, for something that to me is priceless
 
I've still got5 around 3000 slides and the same in negs.

I think I'll be doing it myself.

Actually, I'll do it for half that price.

Roll up, roll up!
 
Eddy, I might be of help! get in touch via inbox.
Thanks
 
I picked up a Jumbl 35mm film scanner which i found quite useful for scanning negs, i did a small review of it at the end of this thread

https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/the-massive-film-conventional-camera-review-thread.529199/

While it only gives jpeg output it is fast and easy to use and you can just sit down watching a movie with in on your lap if you have hundreds to do. If i had loads to do then i would probably spend the money and get someone else to do it, scanning is a real ballache at the best of times.
 
Photo Express will do a "roll" ie around 40 shots in strips for £5. Treasured Memories is a site I've heard of that does bulk scanning, no idea of quality.

I first bought one of those stand-alone "scanners" that's basically a 5 mp camera in a box, you scan to SD then upload later. Very fast and easy to use, the results were terrible. There was a light leak too so I got my money back. Don't try one of those, particularly for colour negatives, you need way more smarts to do the job properly.

I ended up buying a Plustek 7500i, and scanned a few thousand slides and negatives with it. I still use it regularly for my current film work, although mostly I get colour negs scanned by the lab at processing, as they're a bit more fiddly to get right. The Epson V500 etc flatbeds are also good, though a bit more of a faff and slightly lower quality for 35mm.

There are some more expensive higher quality options for DIY; I've also seen references to "bulk" scanners that I think you buy second hand but which take a lot of room. Good luck!
 
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