OT , slides to a CD or to print

[blacksheep]

My Father recently passed on and left three or four carousals of family pictures, of vactions , holidays , birthdays etc .
I need to figure my options (cost wise) . buy a slide scanner myself or send them to the local photo shop for transfer to a CD or to paper, so us kids can all have our own copies

Thanks

[Aeronut7]

The camera store I go to offers both, and scanning to CD is cheaper. Prints will degrade with time (and so will digital media, truth be told, but probably not enough to worry about for now--just keep your backups up-to-date technology-wise). In addition, I'm sure not all of the pictures are worthy of print, but might be nice to have. With scanned pictures on a CD, family members can pick and choose which of their favorite, most meaningful pictures to print. :)

But I'm no pro. :dunno:

BTW, thanks for the econ acronym in your signature. I think that made my day :p

[Race 22 Crew]

Have been looking at that myself. Pricing seems to be from .40 cents and up per slide. I'd be looking at over $600 for mine.... Taking a digital picture of the slide projected on a nice smooth white surface looks promising.

If you find someone with a good deal, please post the information...

Thanks and good luck,
Warren

[Stevo]

Take a look at these...
http://forum.pbase.com/viewtopic.php?t=26963
http://www.opteka.com/productdetail.asp?productid=4124

If I'm not mistaken Victor uses something like what's seen in the second link to transfer his Dad's old slides (http://www.pbase.com/marauder61/vintage_aviation_photography).

[Peashooter]

Do the slides have to be large format, or is 35mm OK? I've got literally thousands of old Rockford/Oshkosh/Fly-In/Family pics on 35mm slides to do. Seven siblings, too... :rolleyes: