Whats the best way to scan 1,000 35mm slides?”
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Best flatbed scanner for film and slides: Canon CanoScan 9950F (*est. $400) If you need to process more than a few slides or negatives, the Canon CanoScan 9950F is an efficient choice. It can scan thirty 35mm negative frames or twelve 35mm slides at a time. Reviews say color quality and clarity are excellent, and experts praise its ScanGear CS driver that enables batch scanning and assigns each image to its own file. Included is Canon’s proprietary FARE (Film Automatic Retouching and Enhancement) technology for correcting scratches and dust. Reviews say the 4,800-dpi Canon is an excellent choice for graphics professionals or photo hobbyists, but if you don’t need to batch-scan slides and negatives, Epson Perfection scanners are less expensive. The Canon is PC and Mac compatible. (*est.
1000 slides? I remember when we used to scan slides at a company I worked with. It used to take the scanner about 20-30 minutes to scan the slide and render the image, and this was using fairly high end machinery. And that’s not even factoring in the additional time to do colour calibration, dust removal, etc. That could take anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours. Let’s look at some math. 1000 @ 20 minutes per slide = 20,000 minutes = 333 hours. Working round the clock (24 hours) that’s two straight weeks of work. Let’s say it takes the same amount of time to scan as to calibrate/retouch. That’s a month’s worth of solid work. You haven’t even asked about the colour calibration hardware/software. If the scans are at all important, you need to make sure everything is properly calibrated. The best systems like ColorVision’s Spyder run as high as $500 alone. There’s a company called Larsen Digital Services that
