Rastalovich
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Seeing as there are a good good handful or resourceful people on here, I thought I`d throw the question out to see what comes back.
I`m going to ask some of the peoples @ the BBC and see what they come up with, but that`s not going to be from Tuesday as it`s a holiday atm.
The family have approx 50million old slides, spanning from maybe 60s/70s to around the 80s, all either boxed or slotted for projector use.
I`ve eBayed me a slide scanner, a Nikon CoolScanII LS-20 (SCSI, some £30 or so), which is pretty old and was a bugger to get working correctly. It`s now working, and I`ve tested it on some slides that look like they fell out of their boxes at some point - so as to not damage any unesessarily.
So testing is over. I`ve found that the scanner looks like it needs cleaning - so I have that mountain to get over, but that doesn`t particularly scare me, I`ll just take it apart and do what u do.
If I don`t think I can sufficiently clean it, I`ll have to scrap it and buy a USB one I seen for around £60 recently, it`d be worth it for me and I think the process is going to take ages. Once done I can always pass it on or sell it.
The most important thing to me is these slides. What I`ve spoken to my sister about is that they will need to be repackaged b4 they rot tbh, with age and conditions, however, we can now scan them - which is great.
Best methods for doing this ? I`d almost be certain there would be some textage on the net somewhere, but I don`t particularly want to use a professional firm to do it as it`s not a process I`m scared we can`t do.
Some kind of cleaning stuffs, something that won`t damage the material, or damage it over time - as to not add to the rotting process.
I`m not looking for people to suggest their ideas, as.. well.. I have ideas - but they`re probably harmful. What I`m looking for is fact based solutions or a place to read up on it or refer too.
Any infos will be extremely appreciated, this is a throw out thread, so TIA for anything.
Regards.
I`m going to ask some of the peoples @ the BBC and see what they come up with, but that`s not going to be from Tuesday as it`s a holiday atm.
The family have approx 50million old slides, spanning from maybe 60s/70s to around the 80s, all either boxed or slotted for projector use.
I`ve eBayed me a slide scanner, a Nikon CoolScanII LS-20 (SCSI, some £30 or so), which is pretty old and was a bugger to get working correctly. It`s now working, and I`ve tested it on some slides that look like they fell out of their boxes at some point - so as to not damage any unesessarily.
So testing is over. I`ve found that the scanner looks like it needs cleaning - so I have that mountain to get over, but that doesn`t particularly scare me, I`ll just take it apart and do what u do.
If I don`t think I can sufficiently clean it, I`ll have to scrap it and buy a USB one I seen for around £60 recently, it`d be worth it for me and I think the process is going to take ages. Once done I can always pass it on or sell it.
The most important thing to me is these slides. What I`ve spoken to my sister about is that they will need to be repackaged b4 they rot tbh, with age and conditions, however, we can now scan them - which is great.
Best methods for doing this ? I`d almost be certain there would be some textage on the net somewhere, but I don`t particularly want to use a professional firm to do it as it`s not a process I`m scared we can`t do.
Some kind of cleaning stuffs, something that won`t damage the material, or damage it over time - as to not add to the rotting process.
I`m not looking for people to suggest their ideas, as.. well.. I have ideas - but they`re probably harmful. What I`m looking for is fact based solutions or a place to read up on it or refer too.
Any infos will be extremely appreciated, this is a throw out thread, so TIA for anything.
Regards.
