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Flatbed scanner.

  • 21-03-2009 1:53pm
    #1
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭


    Is it possible to scan a 35mm slide with a normal scanner? It has a max dpi of 9600dpi.


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  • #2
    Fajitas!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,624 ✭✭✭✭Fajitas!


    Which scanner? Tell us what's normal and we'll tell you what you'll need to do.


  • #3
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,113 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    I don't think so.

    There are flat bed scanners that can scan slides, but I think they have to have a transparency adapter which provides a light source behind the slide.

    Canon do some multifunction inkjet printers which have a flatbed scanner and a facility to scan slides:

    http://www.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Product_Finder/Multifunctionals/Inkjet/PIXMA_MP980/index.asp


  • #4
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,113 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Coincidentally just saw this in another thread:

    http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/58_8601.htm


  • #5
    Fajitas!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,624 ✭✭✭✭Fajitas!


    Well, any info on the printer will let me know what, if any, backlight is there. Even if not, it's still possible, the results are just a bit cruder.


  • #6
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Its and epson stylus dx8450


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  • #7
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Its an epson stylus dx8450. Just had some old slides i wanted to scan


  • #8
    Fajitas!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,624 ✭✭✭✭Fajitas!


    Try popping some white paper on the back, and leave it under a light (artificial or natural, just as few shadows as possible).while you scan (Leaving the cover up) and see what happens.


  • #9
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,704 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    Fajitas! wrote: »
    Try popping some white paper on the back, and leave it under a light (artificial or natural, just as few shadows as possible).while you scan (Leaving the cover up) and see what happens.

    I've tried this before with no great success. My experiments ended in frustration and the purchase of my canon 8600 that I use to scan all my MF nowadays.

    Landyman, you might have more success with your DSLR and a macro lens or something. Similar idea to the above, tape some translucent white paper over a window, attach your negative to it somehow and then shoot the negative with the DSLR. You won't get great results either way I'd say :-)


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