Slides/Stills & Hi!

fanningp wrote on 6/18/2002, 4:21 PM
First off....what a resource everyone in here has been, even though I've just only now registered! I've already gotten at least 5 different tips I'm eager to get home and try :)

I just purchased VV3 a couple of months ago, and have already produced a Kindergarten memory video and a High School Memories video which (to my delight) were received very well....so naturally I want to do more :)

Friends of the family are about to have their 50th anniversary, and I'd like to put together a similar video with stills, however many of the source images will have to come from 35mm slides. I have an older HP Scanjet which I know isn't capable of scanning from these, so I put the question to you folks....have any of you had occassion to scan these in, and if so, what hardware did you use? Do you have any other suggestions?

Also....I have also yet to go out and buy a digital camcorder. The analog I have records horrible video. What are the recommendations of you folks for the average consumer who happens to be a video hobbiest?

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Pete Fanning
Internet: fanningp@matc.edu

Comments

Control_Z wrote on 6/18/2002, 4:28 PM
The last time I had to use slides I borrowed a projector and used a camera on a tripod next to it. The wall was light and clean and worked fine.

But that was so much trouble I refused to take any more. There are places locally that will transfer slides to disks fairly cheaply.
jetdv wrote on 6/18/2002, 4:33 PM
My Microtek scanner came with a slide scanner attachment. Basically, it is a small device with a light in it that is placed over the slide.
BillyBoy wrote on 6/18/2002, 11:29 PM
I like my Canon ZR45 digital camera for the following reasons:

1. reasonable price (about $630 street) all the standard features including color night vision, meaning it works well indoors under low light conditions, remote control, etc., etc..

2. small, lightweight, can fit in your pocket, good optics.

3. A/D pass through so easy to grab VHS and either make a DV tape or inport into Vegas bypassing making a tape yet still getting DV input

4. works flawlessly with Vegas via firewire. No dropped frames, either capture or
print to tape. Be sure to use seperate drive though

5. supports taking still pictures recorded to memory stick. Quality decent but of course not up to some megapixel camera.


jgourd wrote on 6/19/2002, 6:05 AM
I had an older HP ScanJet that came with a slide adapter. I also had a Polaroid Slide Scanner. Both of these work just fine if you are going to reproduce at video resolution. Slide scanners are expensive but slide adaptors for scanners are cheap since they are essentially mirrors that bounce light from the scanner through the slide from the top.

Another option is to use a digital camera in Macro mode with one of those back-lit slide sorter trays.
bw wrote on 6/19/2002, 8:01 AM
Can confirm that a DV camera (Sony TCR 320) will auto focus in macro to more than fill the screen with a slide. Use a piece of paper taped to a window with sunlight on it as backlight (keep a foot or so from the paper). Capture on memory stick, download and crop adjust in your favorite graphics prog. and bingo!!!
Works well with negatives too. cheers. Brian
fanningp wrote on 6/19/2002, 10:24 AM
Thanks much for the input!