Photographers, 35mm industrial size slide scanner help?
 

I am in search of a professional slide scanner?

What are the best ones out there that can scan alot of slides in the quickest amount of time? Need to do 100 or more at once if possible.

any help is appreciated....

John, I used to use Nikon Slide Scanners years ago when I was scanning slides. The good ones have a bulk-tray that attaches to the front and you can load it up and walk away from it. Might check out eBay for some used ones. I'm sure a lot of shooters have been selling theirs as they convert over to digital.

Hit me up if I wanna' chat more about it :thumbsup

I have a Nikon SuperCoolscan LS1000 in perfect condition for sale. You DON'T want to "bulk scan" with a tray because EVERY slide scans differently and the colors will be all fucked. You kinda gotta do one at a time if you REALLY want it to be at least half way decent. But you can always purchase the addition tray also. My contact info in my Sig...

This is true if your chromes were not consistantly shot (consistant exposure and lighting). If your shooting a session for example where the shooter used consistant lighting and exposure, you should be alright doing bulk scanning. It's been a while since I did it but I remember scanning the first slide, making color adjustments, scanning it again fine-tuning it more and when I have everything just right...I would run the whole tray and it turned out great. I do remember that sometimes a slide would get stuck and that was a bit of a pain in the ass but we just learned to deal with it!

Oh - and be prepared to go thru a lot of canned air. Any dust on your slides will show up and dust spots are a pain in the ass to work with. Nikon has some software that helps with the dust spots but it's not a cure-all!

Basically - scanning slides is a major pain in the ass. Might be better off finding a lab in town to do them for you. That's what Stephen Hicks used to do with his chromes!

i'd agree with dean with the nikon scanner. and congratulate him on 5k :)

OH SHIT - I was planning something BIG for my 5000 - guess I fucked that one up huh :(

Well I know doing one at a time is very unrealistic for my situation as I'm sure I have at least 500,000 slides if not much more that need to get done.

cool Dean, thanks... I will check that one out now.