Film Question

[Woodman7]

I have friend who called me today thinking I might know the answer to the following question.

" I was asked by my grandfather to take our old 35mm slides and convert them to electronic files"

Anyone know the best way to do this?

I was thinking a film scanner but when I told him this he said they have all the cardboard around them.

As usual guys any imput is great, and thanks for the posting

[GPR1]

Many film scanners have adapters that hold mounted slides, so the cardboard is not a problem. Determine the quality of scanner you need, then make sure the one(s) you're considering come with that adapter. Good luck.

[robertwgross]

One typical scanner is the Canon FS4000. It comes with two adapters. One adapter holds four 2x2 mounted slides, and the other adapter holds a strip of 35mm film negative.

---Bob Gross---

[Woodman7]

thanks guys.

I have passed on the information to my friend

[Vegas Poboy]

It all depends on how many slides you would like to scan to justify the cost of a scanner. You or your friend might want to take them to Wolf/ ritz Camera & I think anyone with the new frontier proccesser can due it.