Purchasing a 35mm Slide Converter

Long before the technology of high quality digital cameras 35mm slide film was the choice for many amateur and professional photographers alike and to archive those photos and bring them into the digital age a 35mm slide converter is an indispensible tool. From old vacation photos, to weddings and first birthday’s slides used to be the way to show off your photos to family and friends. With digital technology all you need now is a laptop or computer and a cd or DVD recorder and some very inexpensive blank media and you can share your entire photo collection with everyone to view on their own terms at their own house. Heck if you want to share those old photos with the world you can scan them and stick them on a website for the world to see.
One of the benefits of converting old slides is of course archiving old photos so they don’t get damaged or destroyed. It is also great to have several backups in case of a disaster like a fire that can destroy everything one owns in a matter of minutes and memories can’t be replaced with an insurance check. Digitizing old slides is also a great way to restore any faded photos you may have as well as fixing errors in the photos. Maybe you over or underexposed your eldest daughters first birthday party. This can quickly be fixed with a little work in Photoshop. There are many fixes that can be done like removing dust and scratches from photos, removing the dreaded red eyes, and all kinds of little things that creep into film based photography.
There are a few things to keep in mind when shopping for a 35mm film converter. While you may be thinking mainly about slides make sure it does fit negatives as well. This way if you do happen to have a few rolls of old 35mm you have the option of archiving them along with your slides. Also check to see how the scanner accepts slides. Some scanners require you to remove them from the individual slide holders while some will let you keep them on. Also if you have thousands of slides look for a scanner that allows you to load batches of slides at a time and feeds them into the scanner. This way you’re not trying to scan one individual slide at a time by hand which can be a tedious and drawn out process. Also if you want to help keep the fixing of scratches and dust to a minimum there are some scanners that come with built in software technology that helps detect and fix these things while they are being scanned. These features work very well and help save loads of time with you’re fixing your scanned slides later on.
If you’re not too keen on doing things yourself you can have the slides scanned by a third party service. However with the inexpensive cost of a good quality film and slide scanner there is no reason not to do it yourself. It is a matter of installing some software and plugging the scanner in a computer and then just going through your slides yourself. Make this a family experience and enlist your kids or a spouse to help. With a little time and money bringing those old slides into the digital age is much easier than one would expect.

Long before the technology of high quality digital cameras 35mm slide film was the choice for many amateur and professional photographers alike and to archive those photos and bring them into the digital age a 35mm slide converter is an indispensible tool. From old vacation photos, to weddings and first birthday’s slides used to be the way to show off your photos to family and friends. With digital technology all you need now is a laptop or computer and a cd or DVD recorder and some very inexpensive blank media and you can share your entire photo collection with everyone to view on their own terms at their own house. Heck if you want to share those old photos with the world you can scan them and stick them on a website for the world to see.

One of the benefits of converting old slides is of course archiving old photos so they don’t get damaged or destroyed. It is also great to have several backups in case of a disaster like a fire that can destroy everything one owns in a matter of minutes and memories can’t be replaced with an insurance check. Digitizing old slides is also a great way to restore any faded photos you may have as well as fixing errors in the photos. Maybe you over or underexposed your eldest daughters first birthday party. This can quickly be fixed with a little work in Photoshop. There are many fixes that can be done like removing dust and scratches from photos, removing the dreaded red eyes, and all kinds of little things that creep into film based photography.

There are a few things to keep in mind when shopping for a 35mm film converter. While you may be thinking mainly about slides make sure it does fit negatives as well. This way if you do happen to have a few rolls of old 35mm you have the option of archiving them along with your slides. Also check to see how the scanner accepts slides. Some scanners require you to remove them from the individual slide holders while some will let you keep them on. Also if you have thousands of slides look for a scanner that allows you to load batches of slides at a time and feeds them into the scanner. This way you’re not trying to scan one individual slide at a time by hand which can be a tedious and drawn out process. Also if you want to help keep the fixing of scratches and dust to a minimum there are some scanners that come with built in software technology that helps detect and fix these things while they are being scanned. These features work very well and help save loads of time with you’re fixing your scanned slides later on.

If you’re not too keen on doing things yourself you can have the slides scanned by a third party service. However with the inexpensive cost of a good quality film and slide scanner there is no reason not to do it yourself. It is a matter of installing some software and plugging the scanner in a computer and then just going through your slides yourself. Make this a family experience and enlist your kids or a spouse to help. With a little time and money bringing those old slides into the digital age is much easier than one would expect.

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