Slides from prints?

[zburch]

I need to submit some work and they require slides. Can anyone recommend somewhere in NYC that can convert prints to slides (quickly and not too much$)?

Can you scan 35mm negs and submit those files to be converted to slides somewhere?

Or, suggestions on making slides from BWprints at home....would you shoot with BW film or color. Lighting? I don't have the best lighting situation at home...

Any suggestions greatly appreciated!

Amy

www.amybphoto.com

 

[captainslack]

They're not in NYC, but Dale Labs in Florida does print to slide conversion. Would be a good last chance if you can't find somewhere in the City.

 

[RJBender]

I need to submit some work and they require slides. Can anyone recommend somewhere in NYC that can convert prints to slides (quickly and not too much$)?

Can you scan 35mm negs and submit those files to be converted to slides somewhere?

Or, suggestions on making slides from BWprints at home....would you shoot with BW film or color. Lighting? I don't have the best lighting situation at home...

Any suggestions greatly appreciated!

Amy

www.amybphoto.com

Hi Amy,

One of the pro labs in St. Louis can make Ektachrome color slides from TIFF or JPG files using a Management Graphics Film Recorder. The file dimensions have to be 4096 X 2732 pixels which is about a 32MB file. The first slide is $6. Duplicates are 95¢ each.

I'm sure there are several labs in NYC that can do this for you.

R.J.

 

[David Goldfarb]

This is just straightforward copy work. You can do it yourself with a copy stand or a tripod with a lateral arm and two lights set equidistant and 45-degrees from the work to be copied (for very large prints, you might use 4 or more lights). Some people cross polarize, but it really isn't necessary if the prints are flat. A relatively neutral film like Kodak EPN is good for this. If you have a meter with a flat diffuser, you can use it to check that the exposure is even at the corners and the center. A good trick if you don't have a meter is to hold a pencil under the lens axis, perpendicular to a sheet of plain white paper on the baseboard of the copy stand, and check that the shadows of the pencil are even in all directions.

Labs like Modernage and Duggal can also do this for you, but it's worth learning to do, if you need slides often. I shoot mostly medium and large format these days, but one of the reasons I keep a 35mm SLR around is for copy slides (the other reason is for birds).

 

[zburch]

Thank you!! I will start exploring my options.