It’s not off topic Peter, I’m glad of the interest in the topic. I’m only sorry you lost your slides. Thanks Graham for your helpful post, I know you have experience in this field
. Just seen your post also, Rosie !
I have thousands of carefully glass-mounted slides – family, travel, and images ( old photographs, postcards of historical interest ) copied with a Carl Zeiss macro lens attached to a Contax camera, using a photographic stand. For black and white images, Agfa made the only film available. But these had to be projected onto a screen with a Kodak Carousel projector. If the slides ( also known as diapositives or transparencies ) are not protected they fade and get damaged. Similarly finding replacement parts or repairing a projector is increasingly difficult and expensive – Jessops wanted £150 before even accepting it, and luckily a friend was able to repair it.
I was encouraged by Steve.r to try Photobucket. It really is straightforward to make albums here, and (1) “ hovering “ the mousepad over any picture, ( 2) then clicking on IMG ( " image " tag ), allows them to be ( 3 ) copied, then ( 4 ) pasted to a forum post or elsewhere.
My slide and negative scanner was a gift, but the links below show the make, choice, and source of scanner. It was £ 43.49 from Play.com , a marked reduction from what they used to cost. Uploading is instant – unlike the slow uploading from scanners only a few years ago. It’s simple – but labour-intensive – to use. The images can be saved to “ My Pictures “ or elsewhere on your computer. If you’re wanting to upload to social network sites like facebook, or e mail as attachments to friends, you can do so from your computer without using Photobucket.
http://www.veho-world.com/main/shop....gory=slidescan
http://www.play.com/Search.html?sear...pe=allproducts
www.photobucket.com
