Kodachrome to digital?

Snow Goose · 19th of January 2008 (Sat)

I have a huge number of images that I shot years ago before the digital revolution - most of them on Kodachrome 64. Can I transfer those images to digital images? how? and what quality can I expect?

FlyingPhotog · 19th of January 2008 (Sat)

-Yes they can be digitized
-You need either a good flat bed that will do slides or a dedicated slide/film scanner
-At 4800dpi, I get 40Mb Tiff files from my Nikon V ED

This was a scanned 35mm slide:

kevin_c · 19th of January 2008 (Sat)

A proper dedicated film scanner is the best way to do this - not as cheap as a flatbed with an adaptor, but miles better IMO

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Snow Goose Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Washington state Posts: 1,664	Kodachrome to digital? I have a huge number of images that I shot years ago before the digital revolution - most of them on Kodachrome 64. Can I transfer those images to digital images? how? and what quality can I expect? __________________ Website (under construction): www.photos.rlkimages.com Equipment: Canon 1D MarkIII, Canon 5D MarkII with BG-E6, 2 Canon 40Ds with BG-E2Ns, Canon 10D, EF 28-105mm f3.5-4.5, EF 70-200mm f2.8, EF 300mm f2.8L, EF 500mm f4L IS, EF 800mm f5.6L IS, 1.4x II, 1.4x & 2x extenders plus tripods, remote releases, blinds, etc.

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FlyingPhotog Cream of the "Prop" Join Date: May 2007 Location: Probably Chasing Aircraft Posts: 57,027	Re: Kodachrome to digital? -Yes they can be digitized -You need either a good flat bed that will do slides or a dedicated slide/film scanner -At 4800dpi, I get 40Mb Tiff files from my Nikon V ED This was a scanned 35mm slide: __________________ Jay Crosswind Images *Facebook Fan Page* "If you aren't getting extraordinary images from today's dSLRs, regardless of brand, it's not the camera!" - Bill Fortney, Nikon Corp.

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kevin_c Cream of the Crop Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Devon, England Posts: 5,745	Re: Kodachrome to digital? A proper dedicated film scanner is the best way to do this - not as cheap as a flatbed with an adaptor, but miles better IMO __________________ -- K e v i n -- Nikon D700, 17-35mm, 28-105mm, 70-200mmVR, 50mm f/1.4 Canon EOS 3, 24-105L, 135L

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