EPSON 1370 v. EPSON V600 v. CANON 9000F for scanning 127 slides

GV

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Jan 21, 2012, 12:37:16 PM1/21/12

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I have well over 1000 slides, mostly 127 EKTACHROME film, that I'm scanning
using an EPSON 1370 PHOTO scanner. I'm thinking about replacing that
scanner with either an Epson V600 or a CANON 9000F. Would either of these
be better for this project or should I just stick with the 1370.

By "better" I'm mostly thinking of faster and/or easier. These are mostly
just family snapshots taken over about 35 years that I'd like to move to
digital format, so I'm not so concerned about great image quality. In fact,
the slides have been stored under less than ideal conditions so there is
some degradation already. It'd be nice to have the images cleaned up but
not essential and not something worth spending a small fortune in time and
money on. I want to stay in the ~$200 US price range so the higher-end
scanners or a scanning service is out of the question.

Anyhow, any help or suggestions would be appreciated. TIA

Gary
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Rob

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Jan 21, 2012, 10:38:45 PM1/21/12

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Do you have a copy stand and a light box?

I actually photograph slides with my camera if what you say are fairly
average slides and only record shots. Small file sizes as well at full
camera resolution 12mp.

Not sure what camera you have and the macro capabilities it has.

Just a couple of examples.

http://www.shotcopy.com/

http://www.andromeda.com/people/ddyer/photo/slide-transfer.html

http://www.adorama.com/alc/article/8174

GV

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Jan 22, 2012, 10:29:33 AM1/22/12

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"Rob" <mesa...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Thank you so much for the reply. Very interesting links.

I have a Canon A590IS camera and a FujiFilm FinePix S8000fd and a Sawyer
slide projector available. I've tried the "projecting and taking a picture"
method and I really wasn't happy with the results. I've also bought a
attachment for the Canon camera and tried that but I never could get the
image in focus using the macro lens. Maybe I'm doing something wrong and
I'll try that, again. But, even if I get it to focus, it won't help with
most of my slides since it's made for 35mm and most of my slides are the
square format. (I admit that I didn't read the description of the device
close enough before I ordered it. It wasn't a lot of money so I'm not
kicking myself too badly.<g> But I still feel pretty stupid.) If I get it
working I'll go look and see if I can find a similar setup for slides in the
127 format.

Anyhow, so far, I get acceptable results from the 1370 but at the rate I'm
going it'll take forever plus a few days to get thru them all.

Thanks, again, for the reply.

Rob

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Jan 22, 2012, 9:12:33 PM1/22/12

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Just back the camera off a bit to fit the image.

What I use is my SLR camera and a Macro lens which will copy 1:1.

My light source is a 20W 12v bulb with a diffuser (white plastic 1/8")
over it, masked off to fit the slide.

The camera is mounted on a copy stand so the camera and slide remain
parallel. I use a cable release on the camera to avoid shake.

exposure f5.6 1/15 sec.

A copy stand can be made from an old enlarger which people now throw at
you. The copy stand is to allow filling the frame.

My other method for more critical stuff is the Epson V700 that has a 12
slide carrier and scans to 4800dpi?. But like I said camera copies are
all that's warranted for old cheap camera slides.

GV

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Jan 23, 2012, 10:30:47 AM1/23/12

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"Rob" <mesa...@gmail.com> wrote in message

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Again, thanks for the reply. It sounds like maybe this is something that I
can handle. I'll try setting up something using the Canon. One problem I
have is that neither camera has a cable release but I'm thinking that maybe
using the timer mode might work if I can't get a smooth release with just
the shutter button.

Thanks, again.