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Scanning 35mm Slides

Saving the images before they fade away forever!

What are 35mm Slides?

• Small pieces of 1.375 x .875 inches of film
• Not ‘negative’ but ‘positive’
• Encased in a 2 inch piece of plastic or cardboard
• Used by past generations to capture happy memories
• Displayed using a projector
• Appeared as huge pictures on screens
• Usage died with the advent of digital photography

Why Digitize 35mm Slides

• Old technology
• Difficulty in obtaining equipment to display images
• Scarce replacement lamps for projectors
• Slides will inevitably fade away to nothing
• Caused by improper storage and handling:
• Multiple use in projectors – ‘Light Fading’
• Temperature & relative humidity – ‘Dark Fading’
• Dyes break down due to temperature, light and chemicals

Equipment required

• Computer
• Scanner with ‘back lighting’
• Lamp inside of lid or other light source
• Software to editing scanned image

Scanner types

• Canon Canoscan 8800F
• Replaced by C9000F
• $380-$400
• Heavy duty work
• Small Cheap scanners available
• eBay model from China – about $80

Canon Canoscan 8800F

Scanner lid open

Scanner lid lamp revealed

Scanner with slides in frame

Getting started - Software

• Scanners come with software
• Some good, others not too ‘user friendly’
• Use what you are familiar with
• Simple is always the best approach
• Today using Irfanview
• Cheap – read FREE!
• Download from internet!
• Does most image jobs

casual user could want

Scanning – slide preparation

• Prepare slides
• Use soft material gloves
• Lightly wipe both sides of slides with clean soft cloth
• Do not use any chemical cleaners

• Process Summary -
• Turn scanner on (easy to forget!)
• Start scanning software – Irfanview
• Select ‘batch’ processing for multiple slides
• Set batch options - file type, prefix & counter
• Confirm destination folder
• ‘Clean’ the slides
• Shiny side down – emulsion facing up
• Preview slides
• Set image options - source, DPI, fading, etc
• Scan slides

Scanning Overview

Scanning – Batch setup

Scanning – ‘scangear’ options

Scanning – scangear setup 1

Scanning – scangear setup 2

Scanning – preview 1

Scanning – preview 2

Different size slides!! Thumbnails – or not?

Scanning – preview 3

Re-sizing preview images

Scanning – preview 4

Setting image scan

• ptions

Scanning – resulting images

Scanning – scenery with options 1

Scanning – scenery with options 2

Scanning – people with options

Scanning – Summary

• Turn on scanner
• Start scanning software – Irfanview
• Select ‘batch’ processing for multiple slides
• Set batch options - file type, prefix & counter
• Confirm destination folder for images
• Preview slides
• Shiny side down – emulsion facing up
• Set image options - source, DPI, fading, etc
• Scan slides

Scanning – Conclusion

• Scanning 35mm slides is NOT difficult!
• Need the right equipment
• Set aside plenty of time
• Check output images
• They may need further ‘tweaking’
• Get started now-
• before they all fade away…
• Save precious images for posterity
• Have fun!