OT: photos of interest - not specifically about moto

[throttlemeister]

Originally Posted by Yeskino

O.K> not a photo, but a question for all you Photo Guru's. I have a few thousand slides that I would like to digitize. Any body done it and have some suggestions?

I have done the standard Google research and am inclined to get something with an auto feeder, as it will take months to feed one at a time, but something like that is a little more that I wanted to spend.

I suppose I could buy something, do the scans and resell. Any thoughts, or experiance?

There are companies that can digitize for you. Much easier.

[ckcarr]

I'd have to agree with TM. I've scarcely scanned a slew of small slides, but it sounds like a lot of tedious work.

Maybe the first step is using a light table and sorting by best to worst. Then find a decent company to do the digitizing and send out batches and see how they do.

[Tirebiter]

Originally Posted by Yeskino

O.K> not a photo, but a question for all you Photo Guru's. I have a few thousand slides that I would like to digitize. Any body done it and have some suggestions?

I have done the standard Google research and am inclined to get something with an auto feeder, as it will take months to feed one at a time, but something like that is a little more that I wanted to spend.

I suppose I could buy something, do the scans and resell. Any thoughts, or experiance?

I use a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000.....yeah it is tedious, but you have more control over the final output. You can get an optional slide feeder that would help speed the process. It takes up to 50 slides at a whack.

http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/ProductDetail.page?pid=9238

Check out Ebay....lots of folks do what you are looking to do and then sell off the unit when they are done.

Brock

[GotRoad?]

I use an Epson Perfection V700 for both photo negatives as well as slide positives with excellent results. My scanner came with negative holders for a variety of formats as well as a slide carrier. True I can only scan a dozen or so slides or so at a time, but it's the post scan processing that is time consuming. If you group scans together that have similar exposure characteristics then you can finish up scanned images using Camera Raw available in Adobe's Lightroom or Bridge where it is possible to create exposure compensation profiles for batch processing.

[wswartzwel]

Originally Posted by ckcarr

Who has a black Audi wagon???

Your post about the SUV driver parking in front of the bar by the Harleys and ruining the image of the bikes in front of the bar, reminded me of a thread from Off Topic...
Back in 05 there was a Porsche get together and some guy left his audi in the parking lot that the Porsche guys had reserved for their photo shoot...
So they had a pic with lots of porsche's and this one black Audi... It spread around the internet pretty quick.. Kind of like Looty from the suburu wrx site.

Here is a pic that has been photoshopped, with 2 more added to the front.

[PFFOG]

Originally Posted by Tirebiter

I use a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000.....yeah it is tedious, but you have more control over the final output. You can get an optional slide feeder that would help speed the process. It takes up to 50 slides at a whack.


Brock

That is how I am leaning at this point, Just a couple of hours ago I found a very good deal on a used Coolscan 5000 ($300 under current used market), and can pick up a used feeder from E-bay. When I am done I should be able to make a few bucks on the deal, when I resell it on E-bay, based on the current going selling values of completed auctions.

[ckcarr]

Bill, there was a great ambiance there that night, and I kept waiting for the guy to leave. But no... He was good friends with Mr. Daniels, and Mrs. Miller and Mr. Weiser, and of course those Gallo brothers, but they're in the red right now.

[wswartzwel]

Originally Posted by ckcarr

Bill, there was a great ambiance there that night, and I kept waiting for the guy to leave. But no... He was good friends with Mr. Daniels, and Mrs. Miller and Mr. Weiser, and of course those Gallo brothers, but they're in the red right now.

Well... He left the keys in the ignition... all you had to do was move it around back.

[Tirebiter]

LMAO......great edit

Brock

[ckcarr]

That's exactly what I saw when I was there!

If Carlton had done the edit I'd be scrutinizing the photo looking for secret funny stuff.

[wswartzwel]

If Carlton had done it... it would have looked much better.

[Bob Hancock]

Originally Posted by ckcarr

If Carlton had done the edit I'd be scrutinizing the photo looking for secret funny stuff.

Well then Mr. Carr might I suggest you scrutinize the pic of my trackday line-up at Roebling?

[wswartzwel]

Daahmmn....

that is a realistic photoshop Bob. Steve do that for you?? it is hosted where he keeps his stuff ?

[Steve Carlton]

Along the Oregon coast yesterday...

[signit98]

...nice swell... just a little on the chilly side!

[wswartzwel]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Along the Oregon coast yesterday...

So are you moving from Tahoe to Oregon?? Nice place even has your own
lighthouse.

[Bob Hancock]

Originally Posted by wswartzwel

Daahmmn....

that is a realistic photoshop Bob. Steve do that for you?? it is hosted where he keeps his stuff ?

We were waiting for someone to zoom in and notice. As far as hosting....you askin' da wrong guy for dat. I don't know anything about hosting stuff.

[signit98]

...I love the rain!

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by wswartzwel

So are you moving from Tahoe to Oregon?? Nice place even has your own lighthouse.

No, silly. Drove to Portland for Thanksgiving with my relatives.

[wswartzwel]

Oh.. I wasn't thinking... Distracted by the Macy Parade.

Gotta go.. Dog show is coming on.