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<p>Wow! The link sure looks promising. Thanks Mike. The service is reasonable (actually pretty cheap) as I'd spend more than that on the equipment and still have the hours I'd have to put in, to actually work on them. I may play with a lighbox set up just to see the process. (I like knowing how things work) Eric's copied slide is probably the quality of the best ones in the collection.<br>

I'm no pro by any means, but know enough to take better than average images. Thanks ya'll for the help. I'm new here, but I've found photo.net a helpful and easy site to use. You'll probably see me around from time to time.</p>

 

<p>Oh, I've got the projector and screen and a couple of those little doohickies that you pop the slide into the top and it lights up, so I'm able to go through them pretty easily.<br>

I even tried taking a picture of a reduced image on the screen (yuck!)<br>

The lightbox and my macro sounds like something that I may toy with. I'm pretty rural and not much available as far as services goes...I'll check around and see if the local camera shop does this. I really don't want to purchase a piece of equipment that will ultimately be sold on ebay for pennies on the dollar.</p>

<p>I'm afraid that they are all Kodachrome.I'd be shocked if any of them are not.<br>

He never bought anything else. I'm discarding all of the long-dead zoo animals and the Old Faithful (and similar shots) narrowing it down to the ones that actually are pertinent to our family.There's probably less than 300 that I'd keep, so it isn't like I've got a mountain of these things.<br>

I have a DSLR, First generation 300D, which is why I'd want to put money toward a new camera. The old Rebel has served me well, but I want a newer, badder brother for it.<br>

Tell me about the slide copier for the DSLR. I have been doing copies of old family photographs,(early 20th Century stuff) so I'm familiar with that process.</p>

<p>This is Carly, the heart of our family. She goes to work with us each day and pretty much everywhere a dog is allowed. She's a show off when it comes to the camera and hams it up each time I get it out.</p><div></div>

<p>Here is Baker. He was abandoned on the front steps of my Vet's office. They nursed him back to health and he became the 'office cat.' I snapped this shot one day as I was setting up for my semi annual 'Pet Portraits for Charity' and they used it in the flyer...shortly thereafter, he had several families that wanted to adopt him. He's fat and sassy and king of his domain in his new forever home.</p><div></div>

<p>I have a large collection of family 35mm slides. Now these are just regular snapshots with Dad's old Canon that he never learned how to use very well, but we have ended up with our family history on these slides. None of them are composed well, or valuable to anyone but family. I can't see spending a ton of money to purchase a scanner when I can put it toward my next camera. I want something that is capable of at least documenting what we have in an accurate manner, but there is no depth of field, harsh shadows and many slightly out of focus. These are 1960's slides with a late '50's camera. I've seen scanners for under $100, but do not want to waste my money on useless junk...I also do not need to spend $1000 either. Will the cheap scanner record these less than stellar photographs well enough to warrant the purchase? Any suggestions on brand and model that may serve my purpose?</p>