<div>I have quite a few 3-D slides from the 1950s that my dad took. The clarity is astonishing in a 3-D viewer. I wanted to digitize them to use in a digital photo story DVD and in a photo book, and I couldn't find any place that could digitize the 3-D format. The mounts didn't fit in the slide mounts on a scanner. Fortunately I had his old projector. I purchased a piece of white foam board and mounted it on the wall and projected the slide on that. I set up my camera on a tripod and photographed the image. The results were not bad, definitely usable. I would love to learn of a device that would allow them to be scanned at home or a commercial service that could scan them, though, if anyone has any recommendations. Thank you!</div> <div> </div><div>Cathi Desmarais</div> Stone House Historical Research Genealogical and Forensic Research Heirloom Albums and Family Tree Charts From Vermont's beautiful Champlain Valley <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:41 AM, <<a href="mailto:john@johnwylie.com">john@johnwylie.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Larry, My testing of a similar solution six years ago failed. Since imaging 35mm slides involves so much magnification I found that slight imperfections in the backlight material affected the final digital image in noticeable and negative ways. I took a 20+ magnifier to two sorters and one passive viewer and was astonished at how imperfect the media were. The three I tested were all white translucent plastic and were most likely made for general viewing. I did not test any glass sorters, so they might return much different results. John Wylie APG Member -----Original Message----- From: <a href="mailto:apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org">apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org">apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org</a>] On Behalf Of LBoswell Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 9:10 AM To: Marieta Grissom; 'Amy Crow'; 'Claire Bettag' Cc: 'Mail list APG' Subject: Re: [APG Public List] Digitizing 35mm slides Yes, exactly. The trick is to make sure the camera is squared up with the sorter. Also position the slides so that all are evenly lit. I don't use a close up setting on the camera, but you could if you wanted to do a smaller group (or a single) instead which would give you a higher resolution result a slide sorter, or a homemade light box/table, anything with a translucent surface that can be backlit Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marieta Grissom" <<a href="mailto:marieta.grissom@msn.com">marieta.grissom@msn.com</a>> To: "'LBoswell'" <<a href="mailto:laboswell@rogers.com">laboswell@rogers.com</a>>; "'Amy Crow'" <<a href="mailto:amy@amyjohnsoncrow.com">amy@amyjohnsoncrow.com</a>>; "'Claire Bettag'" <<a href="mailto:claire@clairebettag.com">claire@clairebettag.com</a>> Cc: "'Mail list APG'" <<a href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">apgpubliclist@apgen.org</a>> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 6:08 PM Subject: RE: [APG Public List] Digitizing 35mm slides > Larry, > > What you are talking about reminds me of a slide sorter? Would that work? > > Marieta A. Grissom, CG > 505 West Jackson Avenue > Indianola, Iowa 50125-1119 > > CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for > Certification of Genealogists used under license after periodic > evaluations > by the Board. > > -----Original Message----- > From: <a href="mailto:apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org">apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org</a> > [mailto:<a href="mailto:apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org">apgpubliclist-bounces@apgen.org</a>] On Behalf Of LBoswell > Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 8:50 AM > To: Amy Crow; Claire Bettag > Cc: Mail list APG > Subject: Re: [APG Public List] Digitizing 35mm slides > > I used a digital camera on a high res setting, and a homemade back lit > holder (translucent white plastic with a flourescent fixture behind it > (you > > need to set the light so that there isn't a strongly lit focus or 'hot > spot' > > where some slides are lit differently than others). Use an indoor or > flourescent setting on the camera. Camera is simply left squared up to > the > holder, and on a tripod until I've completed however many slides I need to > scan. Have done hundreds of slides in no time at all (inherited a > collection of 3000 slides that needed to be copied). Line the slides up, > 'click'....next batch. > > You can buy these back lit displays secondhand from a photo store but it's > easy to make one up > > I find about 8-10 slides grouped together works best. Then open the > result > in any graphics/photo editor and cut/paste each image out (lowers the > resolution of each individual image, but still easily high enough to > display > > digitally or print out in a standard sized print). > > Better results than my scanner (which has a slide scanner built in), and > much faster. But of course not worth setting up if you're just doing a > handful of slides. > > Larry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Amy Crow" <<a href="mailto:amy@amyjohnsoncrow.com">amy@amyjohnsoncrow.com</a>> > To: "Claire Bettag" <<a href="mailto:claire@clairebettag.com">claire@clairebettag.com</a>> > Cc: "Mail list APG" <<a href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">apgpubliclist@apgen.org</a>> > Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 7:27 AM > Subject: Re: [APG Public List] Digitizing 35mm slides > > >>A few years ago, I scanned several hundred slides for my parents' 50th >>anniversary party. I purchased a slide adaptor for my flatbed scanner. >>Although the results were very good, I would not recommend doing it that >>way if you have the volume you are talking about. It was *very* slow and >>tedious. If I had to do it over again, I would invest in a dedicated >>slide > >>scanner. >> >> Amy >> >> ========= >> Amy Johnson Crow, CG >> Reynoldsburg, Ohio >> >> On Dec 26, 2009, at 8:52 PM, Claire Bettag wrote: >> >>> I have several hundred 35mm slides (snapshots taken mainly in the 1970s >>> and '80s) that I want to convert to digitized images--just to preserve >>> the family photos. I'm considering sending the slides off to a service >>> to have them done rather than purchase a scanner to convert them >>> myself. > >>> I'd appreciate any advice, recommendations, pointers from others who >>> have used such services. Feel free to respond privately. >>> >>> Many thanks, in advance. >>> >>> Claire >>> >>> Claire Bettag >>> 1685 34th Street NW >>> Washington, DC 20007 >>> 202-625-2598 >>> cell: 202-436-2121 >>> >> > > </blockquote></div>