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    My Father recently passed on and left three or four carousals of family pictures, of vactions , holidays , birthdays etc .
    I need to figure my options (cost wise) . buy a slide scanner myself or send them to the local photo shop for transfer to a CD or to paper, so us kids can all have our own copies

    Thanks
    blacksheep
    Life's a Climb , But the view is Great

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    Re: OT , slides to a CD or to print

    The camera store I go to offers both, and scanning to CD is cheaper. Prints will degrade with time (and so will digital media, truth be told, but probably not enough to worry about for now--just keep your backups up-to-date technology-wise). In addition, I'm sure not all of the pictures are worthy of print, but might be nice to have. With scanned pictures on a CD, family members can pick and choose which of their favorite, most meaningful pictures to print.

    But I'm no pro.

    BTW, thanks for the econ acronym in your signature. I think that made my day
    --Amy

    -Tomcats and Red Mustangs Forever-

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      Re: OT , slides to a CD or to print

      Have been looking at that myself. Pricing seems to be from .40 cents and up per slide. I'd be looking at over $600 for mine.... Taking a digital picture of the slide projected on a nice smooth white surface looks promising.

      If you find someone with a good deal, please post the information...

      Thanks and good luck,
      Warren

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      • #4
        Re: OT , slides to a CD or to print

        Take a look at these...



        If I'm not mistaken Victor uses something like what's seen in the second link to transfer his Dad's old slides.
        Stevo

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          Re: OT , slides to a CD or to print

          Do the slides have to be large format, or is 35mm OK? I've got literally thousands of old Rockford/Oshkosh/Fly-In/Family pics on 35mm slides to do. Seven siblings, too...
          Rutan Long EZ, N-LONG
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