Lantern Slides: How easy is it to scan lantern slides with the Espon 4870 scanner?
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Glenda - I've a collection of Lantern Slides that I've tried to scan with an Epson 4990 Photo. The resulting images are huge and usable. I've tried to find out from various museums that work with old photos if there is a way to remove the glass, clean the transparency and then wet scan. I've not been successful in finding out. My slides are from the early 1900s in England and I do believe are made with nitrocellulose. Tom r.tom.sizemore@1972.usna.com
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Use a printer scanner for slides and 35MM film and you should be able to scan mounted slides. Both of my printer work
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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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Caroline: I have only did slides (126), quality is not the greatest. Ok for saving purposes but, Would recommend better quality $$devise. (it matches the cost) It think it will scan any thing, place neg. for optimum view.frame determines what shows.
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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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There are two caddies that come with the scanner. One does normal slides and 35 mm negatives. The other one has an opening that is 2 1/4 x 8 1/2. I think you could do the slides there. I have used it for older over-sized negatives with good results.
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I'm sure either one will do a pretty good job for you. Fwiw, I purchased the Epson v500 for the simple reason that it has ICE Technology which does an absolutely amazing job of cleaning all sorts of debris/artifacts/dust et al from both slides and negatives. The hours I've saved not having to hand manipulate each image are numerous to say the least. This was the second time I've had to scan my full slide collection after the first set (over 500) was wiped out by a virus. This time was MUCH easier w/ the V500. Also, the quality of the scan improved a great degree so maybe the virus was a blessing in disguise afterall :-) Btw, I had no problem whatsoever setting it up on my Dell Vista OS. YMMV ... Cheers and good luck !
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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!
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I've been mostly caught up by the phrase "all-in-one with slide/neg scanning", that is exactly what I was looking for the many years! Thanks for the link - but there is very expensive slide-scanner talk mostly.Thanks again!
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I just used mine again last month. Mine works good. Power cord, SD and just push the scan button. It doesn't really sound like much is happening. Have you put the SD in the computer you see if anything is on it? Is there a number to call? I looked for years for something to transfer my slides to pictures. This really did the job. Quickly, quietly , easy!!
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Sorry - 35 mm slides, negative, mounted 110MM slides, and 110 negatives only. You probably need to go to a flatbed scanner that's designed to handle the larger stuff. That's what I ended up doing.
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It definitely scans cardboard mounted slides. I have no advice on glass mounted slides.
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I have only fooled with this a little, but yes, you insert the slides one at a time and the slide is scanned to a memory card (you supply). I think there is a way to scan to a file on your computer but I haven't been home to try all the features. The operation is very simple, there is a way to specify bw negatives, color negative, or slides. I am a little concerned about the quality of the images, but I need to get an image from a slide I've had professionally scanned, and then compare the two scans.
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I used an Epson V600, which I bought specifically for its film and slide scanning capabilities, though it also scans photos and documents. I've just begun to use it, but so far I'm very satisfied.
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I know it did not scan the old studio portraits I have of my ancesters, taken years ago. The cardboard material of those is not thin enough to pass through the scanner, maybe because it is curved. It may be the same for mounted slides, though I did not try any of my mounted slides. Sorry, that's all the help I can give.
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Hi, Richard! Thank you for your query about the Medi-2200, which we are happy to offer to Amazon customers. To answer your particular questions: 1. You don't wait for lamp warm-up, so save time there. It starts scanning immediately. It'll do that scan in under 30 seconds. 2. You can choose from several formats: TIF, BMP, JPG, PSD, PDF, GIF. We do have this on sale, now. Sale ends today. If, by some chance you miss that window please contact me and I'll put it back on sale long enough for yuo to get the sale price. You can find full details and even a demo video on our Website, if you need more information (also fine to ask me via Amazon)--click on the scanners link in that first bullet point row on the home page. Best Regards, Mark Lamendola Mindconnection, LLC
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Sorry I can't answer that question as I never used it to scan slides. Everything else scans beautifully, though.