Hello there,

I wonder whether this question is related to this forum or not. I am very new to the field of photography. I went through the subject line of the questions asked in this forum. But could not find what I need. I want to know whether it is possible to scan a slide film on any scanner. Or do you need special scanner/software to scan the slide films. So far I have been using negative films and is quite satisfied with it. I heard that slide films are many times better than negative films. And in order to store them in the long run, a digital copy is always good. Thats the reason I would like to know whether it is possible to scan a slide film.

Thanks in advance

-- sajeev (chack74@yahoo.co.in), January 16, 2002

Answers

Your question is not really related but...If you have a film scanner that already does negatives, it should be only a matter of changing the setting in your scanning software to chromes...Open your scanning software and there should be some sort of icon that shows a negative image. Try clicking on that or up in your preferences menu. Cheers

-- Scott Walton (scotlynn@shore.net), January 16, 2002.

I have several students who scan slides all the time. One is out of the country until next week but i will check with him then. I am sure you will get more specific "how to" answers but in the gobal sense of things it can be done.

-- Ann Clancy (clancya@mediaone.net), January 16, 2002.

Perfectly possible. In fact scans from slides and negatives can be practically indistinguishable, except that the dust shows up white on negs and black on slides. ;-)

-- Pete Andrews (p.l.andrews@bham.ac.uk), January 17, 2002.