Film scanners are very good, but are also very slow. You may do well to average 10 slides per hour overall

http://www.scantips.com/es-1.html


With my method I managed up to 10 per minute


Nikon's model $60


A cheaper solution
http://www.johnamon.com/2010/08/how-...h-dslr-camera/

Yes, I just hadnt got around to doing that yet. It shows me though how different the shots are coming out of a camera then, and now. I know a lot is different, but gone are the days of sending a 12 shot film in and finding half were out of focus or overexposed!

Fred I'm sure your way is fine, but theres no 10 shots an hour with a lot of them these days. I'm guessing most of the time will be taken cleaning them up in Photoshop

Just to update this - I ended up buying a secondhand Agfa scanner from someone on the local "sell your stuff" forum. I wasn't very optimistic but I thought for 20 euros it was worth a try. It produces very good results - much better than I expected. Even at full sceen on my monitor the resolution is pretty good.

I have some interesting old hand me down negatives set on glass plates from about 90 years ago I would estimate.
Any advice on getting them developed as I haven't got the faintest clue ?

Have you tried manipulating the colour, tone and saturation on your PC?

EDIT : Sorry someone else suggested that before me.

Could it be the film degrading over time?

You could try a flat bed scanner, someone has got good results here with one.
http://www.largeformatphotography.in...late-Negatives

Yes I will be doing that. I have Photoshop 3, CS5, Faststone, Bibble.pro and a few others to help me along

If it were me, bearing the value that those might have to you, I would take them to a professional photographer. I doubt the cost would be great. As agoreira says, a flat bed may well do it

Agree, certainly the one's you consider worth it, because it won't be cheap. The guy in the article has got a great result with his scanner, but I think he knows what he is doing!

Thanks for the advice guys.
As you say it's probably a job for a professional, though that link is quite interesting.