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From: Bruce on 4 Aug 2010 04:53
On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:35:23 -0700, croy <hate(a)spam.invalid.net>
wrote:
>On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:39:29 +0100, Bruce
><docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:47:16 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)" <x(a)y.Invalid>
>>wrote:
>>>Per Ryan McGinnis:
>>>>If you do go the Coolscan route, BTW, I'd reccomend a slide hopper
>>>>attachment that Nikon sells. Should cut down on the labor a bit, since
>>>>the slides will auto-load in batches and not require manually swapping
>>>>each one out.
>>>
>>>I've got the hopper (I think it was about two hundred bucks
>>>extra) and mine jams so often that it's easier to just hand-feed
>>>the slides.
>>>
>>>I suspect it's at least partially a matter of the slide mounts. A
>>>lot of mine aren't that wonderful.
>>
>>
>>My experience also. I have the SF-210 slide feeder on my Coolscan
>>5000ED right next to me on my desk.
>>
>>It is a waste of time and money. It jams far more often than not. It
>>then takes a lot longer to sort the problem out than the time the
>>feeder should have saved.
>>
>>There are some useful ideas on the Web about how to modify it to work
>>more reliably. They all involve attacking it with some sandpaper or a
>>file to ease the passage of the slide mounts.
>>
>>I can't be bothered. It's quicker to feed the slides manually.
>>
>>This thread has served as a reminder to me to remove the feeder from
>>the scanner, put it back in its box and sell it on eBay. ;-)
>
>
>If it's the corners of the mounts that are causing the
>problem (due to being frayed, slightly de-laminated, etc.),
>the pincher-style fingernail clippers work amazingly well to
>trim back to terra-firma.


The problem is with the feeder, It was poorly designed and never
properly developed. If it is unable to cope with typical variation
between slide mounts - and I am not referring to damage or severe wear
and tear - then it should never have been marketed.

It has been offered for years, first as the SF-200 then as the SF-210.
Yet the SF-210, which should have benefitted from the years of
experience with the SF-200, has exactly the same fundamental problem.

From: friesian on 7 Aug 2010 02:32
On Aug 2, 7:08 am, tony cooper <tony_cooper...(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:16:49 -0400, John McWilliams
>
>
>
> <jp...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> >Ofnuts wrote:
> >> On 02/08/2010 09:04, Skylamar Jones wrote:
> >>> Hi. I'm new to this group so I don't know if someone posted a similar
> >>> question recently.
>
> >>> My mom has 3000 slides taken by my dad, who has passed away. Because of
> >>> the space the slides take up in her home, my mom is weeding through
> >>> them, looking at them manually using a slide projector.
>
> >>> She isn't that computer savvy but she told me that Costco charges 29
> >>> cents per slide for digitizing them. For 3000 slides that's $870 which
> >>> is more than my mom wants to spend.
>
> >>> I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for other ideas for
> >>> digitizing slides such as using a company that's cheaper/better than
> >>> Costco or a buying/renting good scanner that my mom can use at home.
>
> >> Digitizing slides at home is extremely labor intensive, unless you have
> >> one of these very expensive Nikon scanners with all their expensive
> >> options that make it just plain labor intensive.
>
> >> I'm facing the very same problem (except I'd be the one doing the
> >> scanning) but I'm taking another route: reduce my Dad's 3000 slides to a
> >> set of 100-200 worth passing to the next generations.
>
> >My first thought, too. Go through them with her, make notes and mark the
> >ones really worth keeping.
> >Good luck!
>
> I think most of us of a certain age have gone through this with either
> their own slides or slides taken by a parent.  I did, and I culled the
> slides down to about 10% "keepers" and scanned them myself.
>
> The process of weeding them out is quite enjoyable.  Going through the
> slides brings back a lot of memories.  The process of scanning is less
> enjoyable, but can be done over a period of time.
> --


Agreed.

We have been doing this with a cheaper slide scanner. We don't want
prints of them, so we don't need the highest quality. Just a way to
preserve the images and pass them to future generations. It does take
a lot of time, but you can do some every day, and while it scans, work
on something else, so it is just a side thing going on.

My scanner does 4 slides at a time, so I just put 4 slides in, have it
scan, and come back later, switch out another 4, and repeat. After
awhile, I sit down and save all the open files. So, it isn't something
I sit and work at. And my only cost was the scanner ($100) which gets
used for other things as well.


From: croy on 9 Aug 2010 20:15
On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:53:39 +0100, Bruce
<docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:35:23 -0700, croy <hate(a)spam.invalid.net>
>wrote:

>>If it's the corners of the mounts that are causing the
>>problem (due to being frayed, slightly de-laminated, etc.),
>>the pincher-style fingernail clippers work amazingly well to
>>trim back to terra-firma.


>The problem is with the feeder, It was poorly designed and never
>properly developed. If it is unable to cope with typical variation
>between slide mounts - and I am not referring to damage or severe wear
>and tear - then it should never have been marketed.

>It has been offered for years, first as the SF-200 then as the SF-210.
>Yet the SF-210, which should have benefitted from the years of
>experience with the SF-200, has exactly the same fundamental problem.

Ouch! Glad I didn't buy one. I was tempted.

--
croy
From: Bruce on 10 Aug 2010 08:04
On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:15:14 -0700, croy <hate(a)spam.invalid.net>
wrote:

>On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:53:39 +0100, Bruce
><docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:35:23 -0700, croy <hate(a)spam.invalid.net>
>>wrote:
>
>>>If it's the corners of the mounts that are causing the
>>>problem (due to being frayed, slightly de-laminated, etc.),
>>>the pincher-style fingernail clippers work amazingly well to
>>>trim back to terra-firma.
>
>
>>The problem is with the feeder, It was poorly designed and never
>>properly developed. If it is unable to cope with typical variation
>>between slide mounts - and I am not referring to damage or severe wear
>>and tear - then it should never have been marketed.
>
>>It has been offered for years, first as the SF-200 then as the SF-210.
>>Yet the SF-210, which should have benefitted from the years of
>>experience with the SF-200, has exactly the same fundamental problem.
>
>Ouch! Glad I didn't buy one. I was tempted.


I was tempted too. :-(

At least I got it at a very competitive price, from Adorama via
Amazon.com. I expect to make a few bucks when I sell it on eBay.

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