old family slides

[Duncan McEwen]

I will be digitalizing old family slides and want to use a professional
service to do the work. I have never been through this before and would
like advice on finding a service, what resolution to have them done in. I
am archiving for posterity, and will be processing the pictures in photoshop
6.0. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Duncan Raleigh, N.C. -U.S.A.

[HRosita]

>Duncan McEwen wrote:

>I will be digitalizing old family slides and want to use a professional
>service to do the work. I have never been through this before and would
>like advice on finding a service, what resolution to have them done in. I
>am archiving for posterity, and will be processing the pictures in photoshop

Hi,

A decent lab is [url]www.imagers.com[/url] in Atlanta. they have been around for quite a
while (a bit pricey).
I would have the slides scanned at high resolution. While today your needs
might not be that high, who knows what will be available in 2, 5 or 10 years.
Right now monitor resolution is already available at 1600x1200, double the
800x600 of a few years back.
You don't mention the number of slides, but having a lab do it can be quite
expensive. If you have the time, and you intend to manipulate the images in
Photoshop, buying a dedicated slide scanner might be an option.
I just ordered a Minolta Dimage Elite 5400 for $845. Nikon is offering rebates
for their scanners.
Rosita

[Mick Ruthven]

You can get them put onto a Kodak Photo CD (not "Picture CD"). It gives
multiple resolutions (not particularly important) with the highest res of
2048 x 3072 pixels. Good quality scans. I thnk the prices are 50c to $1 per
slide, depending on where you get it done.

"Duncan McEwen" <dmcewen1@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:BtUPa.265285$jp.7290726@twister.southeast.rr. com...

> I will be digitalizing old family slides and want to use a professional
> service to do the work. I have never been through this before and would
> like advice on finding a service, what resolution to have them done in. I
> am archiving for posterity, and will be processing the pictures in

photoshop

> 6.0. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
>
> Duncan Raleigh, N.C. -U.S.A.
>
>
>

[Ed Fortmiller]

And before you send a large pack of slides to a service to have them scanned
I would recommend that you send in a few first to see if you like their work.

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