Lesley Robertson <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote: > "jesse mc" <roho29@allegiance.tv> wrote in message >> Hi folks, I'm back needing advice on subject. Is there a way that doesn't >> cost an arm & leg to transfer slides to my computer? I have many-many >> slides I'd like to post on my web site. Thanks >> jessemc > Quite a few scanners in the "not especially expensive" range come with a > fitting (usually in the lid) to take 35 mm slides and film. Canon have > several. Thet've been around for a few years, so you might find one on the > 2nd hand market. And how about 35mm rolls of microfilm without the perforation? I'm willing to buy a flatbed scanner with the capability of scanning those - a regular 35mm slide holder uses perforation and cannot scan rolls... Regards, Michael

"Michael Zacherle" <zacherle@szs.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote in message news:fhvhbs$kkn$1@news2.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de... > Lesley Robertson <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote: >> "jesse mc" <roho29@allegiance.tv> wrote in message >>> Hi folks, I'm back needing advice on subject. Is there a way that >>> doesn't >>> cost an arm & leg to transfer slides to my computer? I have many-many >>> slides I'd like to post on my web site. Thanks >>> jessemc >> Quite a few scanners in the "not especially expensive" range come with a >> fitting (usually in the lid) to take 35 mm slides and film. Canon have >> several. Thet've been around for a few years, so you might find one on >> the >> 2nd hand market. > > And how about 35mm rolls of microfilm without the perforation? I'm willing > to buy a flatbed scanner with the capability of scanning those - a regular > 35mm slide holder uses perforation and cannot scan rolls... > My Canoscan doesn't use the perforations - but I do have to cut the film into strips to fit the holder. I've scanned archival film (and entire set of parish registers) with it as well as more conventional stuff. Lesley Robertson

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:51:08 +0000 (UTC), Michael Zacherle <zacherle@szs.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote: >And how about 35mm rolls of microfilm without the perforation? > I'm willing to buy a flatbed scanner with the capability of scanning > those - a regular 35mm slide holder uses perforation and cannot scan rolls... I have scanned 2 rolls of 35mm microfilm with my Cannon 8000F flat bed scanner. I masked off 3 or the 4 slide holders and part of the 4th so that the opening of the 4th holder equated to the size of the 35mm microfilm frame with it lying across the bed. I then scanned each frame, one at a time. The film was of large Parish Registers and I found the 2nd highest optical scan setting was more than adequate. It was slow but it is possible. If you have a lot of scanning to be done then it is probably easier and not all that expensive to get it done professionally by organisations specialising in film document archiving. -- Robert G. Eldridge Toronto NSW Australia http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~ddrge/ Now researching ELDRIDGE families world wide 1000's at my Web site * Wanted * Any Eldridge related information

Robert G. Eldridge wrote: > I have scanned 2 rolls of 35mm microfilm with my Cannon 8000F flat bed > scanner. > > I masked off 3 or the 4 slide holders and part of the 4th so that the > opening of the 4th holder equated to the size of the 35mm microfilm > frame with it lying across the bed. I then scanned each frame, one at > a time. .... I would have scanned several in one scan and then split the file up later with a graphics program. I've been doing that with old photos. I put as many as I can fit on the flatbed, scan to JPEG. Load the big file into GraphicConverter, crop all but one picture, enhance it and Save As... Then open the scanned file again and do another. -- Wes Groleau ---- The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. -- Thomas Jefferson