Scanning Marathon

[kully]

I'm just about to start upon the humungous task of scanning in all my dads old negatives/slides. I've also volunteered to do the same for my g/f's dad as well.

This is on a Nikon V ED (strips between two and six frames or one mounted slide at a time).

I've learnt already to switch off GEM and ROC and just scan with DICE on normal (fine really kills the detail). However, it still takes an age to colour correct in PS, crop a little and then save the whole lot to JPEG and then burn the TIFFs and JPEGs to DVDR.

Is anyone else on this sort of quest? Any tips for a smarter workflow?

PS I have 110 negatives as well from my first camera when I was 9. Wondering the best way to scan these in as well...

EDIT: I had seriously considered only keeping the photos that were nicely shot &c. But even the not so good ones have items in them (such as old cars, long dead relatives, old house &c.) so I'm only chucking about 0-20% away.

 

[jaapv]

The Reflecta DigitDia 4000 scans entire magazines of mounted slides in one go, allowing you to go for a swim in the meantime. In Photoshop CS you can do batches, and I believs PSE4 does so as well.

 

[kully]

AGHGH!!! You're making me cry jaap 🙂 I wish I could afford another scanner, but I can't.

I have to:

0. Feed in a six-frame strip
1. Hit preview
2. have a look around this forum.
3. correct the crops it has chosen
4. start scan
5. go and do something for 12-14 minutes
6. go to 0.

 

[jaapv]

I know how you feel- I have the same problem with my Minolta and wallet and stacks and stacks of old slides....🙁
I HATE scanning. 😡 😡 So I only scan new stuff and some old I really want to print.

 

[tkluck]

Scanning 110 negs is virtualy the same problem that Minox addicts face. Seems to be sloved (for film scanners) by making a simple paper mask:

http://www.tedsimages.com/text/scan110.htm
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Gayx

You can also scan them with a flat bed film scanner and a cover glass.

 

[kaiyen]

Actually, you could consider turning ROC back on, which will help with color in many cases. Unless you're looking for super flexible scans (that require all that work), that might.

allan

 

[kully]

ROC can be applied later via. PS when a photo wants printing. When I'm scanning I just want to get the 'data' from the film into the computer as quickly as possible, the only thing I can't do later is the DICE.

 

[RicardoD]

I've got about 500 to do and I hate it but my family loves the results. I am still refining my process and batch scan 4 at a time. I have just started my marathon but if I can do it in a year that would be great.

Ricardo