 Stan Kwasniowski |
Making a digital image off a 35mm I dont have a scanner, can I use my camera Nikon 4300 to take pictures of a 35mm slide. I then would like to send this to the stock agency. My question is, by doing above and not scanning, would the image be suitable for a sale for publication in brochure etc. Never done this, is there a procedure I would have to follow to do this? Also, what resolution would any one suggest the camera be set at to get the best quality Thank You
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- Eric Highfield Contact Eric Highfield Eric Highfield's Gallery |
Unless the stock agency will only accept digital, I'd recommend getting duplicates made if you don’t want to send the original slide. If you still need or want to transfer it to your digital camera, there is apparently a duplicator that works with the 4300, although I know nothing of its output quality. I found one on ebay here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3804088721&category=43441 Best of Luck!
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Stan Kwasniowski |
Thanks Eric for your help, my problem is that I am a member of a stock agency but all they want now is digital images and a I have a few choice ones that I would like to submit for stock but they dont want 35mm. Thank you for your kindness in replying, also your website, just beautiful, congratulations. If anyone has not seen it, please go to it, awesome Stan Kwasniowski
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Derek Holyhead |
Hi Stan, Why don't you get them scanned in professionally? Have a look here: http://www.duggal.com Regards, Del
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Stan Kwasniowski |
Del, thank you for your suggestion, I am going to also look into that, maybe sometimes its better to pay a little extra and get quality rather than try and fumble through as I am thinking, Thank You Stan Kwasniowski
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Gus |
Why don't you just get a slide scanner? I've used both the Minolas and Nikons, and they do a great job. The higher end Nikons have a feeder that automatically batches multiple slides.
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Stan Kwasniowski |
Hi Gus, Thank you for your response, you know Gus I have been leaning this way and have been looking at Nikon scanners, unfortunately nothing comes cheap in this world. I probably will go the scanner route, its the most feasible Thanks again Stan Kwasniowski
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Gus |
Hello Stan! I've seen decent, but old, scanners at ebay selling for less than $200. The only problem with the old Nikons, Polariods, and Minoltas are they don't batch feed and you can only do three or four slides at a time.
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Stan Kwasniowski |
Hi Gus, sorry for not replying sooner but we were out of town. I really dont know that much about scanners and will probably see what is required to get a good image. I see that Epson is very popular. Again Thanks Stan Kwasniowski
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Piper Lehman |
Stan, First of all, I would have to say "no" to your first question. You need a scanner. I can recommend the Minolta Dimage Scan Elite F-2900 for excellent results. I got mine for less than $350. It has the Digital ICE feature and is an excellent scanner. The catch is that you'll need to purchase a SCSI card for your PC if you don't have one already. This scanner does not have USB or serial capabilities. I decided the extra $65 for the SCSI set up was worth it to me. I'm sure there are newer scanners in Minolta's line-up that would also work for you. Secondly, you didn't say which agency you're working with, but I am assuming if they want digital images, they want large files. I know that my own agencies will not accept digital image files smaller than 36MB TIFFs. You will need Genuine Fractals or another program to enlarge your 4mp pix. I have to use GF on mine, and I have a 6mp camera. As for getting your shots digitized, you can get them put on CDs at your local photo lab and submit them this way, but, again, I'm assuming you need to have TIFF files for your agency. You're going to need more megapixels to get the job done right. Genuine Fractals does a superb job with loss-less interpolation, but you need a pretty large file to begin with or you are wasting your time. I would ask your photo editor to advise you on your options.
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Piper Lehman |
Stan, here's a review of the F-2900: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/DSE/DSEA.HTM You might have trouble finding one -- check ebay and Amazon for used or refurbished machines. You shouldn't pay more than $400 for the entire set-up (including the SCSI set-up). Just to clarify, you will still most likely need Genuine Fractals ($99?? last time I looked from Lizardtech.com) to boost your digitized slide files to 36MB TIFFs, but you'll be starting with a nice size after scanning at 2,900dpi, so you won't lose a bit of image quality here. Remember, TIFFs are really large, so you'll need to think about how well your current PC set-up can handle this since you'll have to have Photoshop and GF open at the same time.
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Piper Lehman |
Stan, here's a review of the F-2900: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/DSE/DSEA.HTM You might have trouble finding one -- check ebay and Amazon for used or refurbished machines. You shouldn't pay more than $400 for the entire set-up (including the SCSI set-up). Just to clarify, you will still most likely need Genuine Fractals ($99?? last time I looked from Lizardtech.com) to boost your digitized slide files to 36MB TIFFs, but you'll be starting with a nice size after scanning at 2,900dpi, so you won't lose a bit of image quality here. Remember, TIFFs are really large, so you'll need to think about how well your current PC set-up can handle this since you'll have to have Photoshop and GF open at the same time.
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