Even in this era, people often keep their photos inside their closets, forgetting they could lighten them up with the current technology. Especially the elderly cherish and enjoy memories of olden times, the 35mm slide scanner lets them recreate those memories to life and enjoy those photos yet again.

Slide scanner creates the difference

While it is easy to use a multi functional flatbed scanner, you will get a better result by using a dedicated photo slide scanner, which would make storing and printing images faster than before. If you use a dedicated film and slide scanner makes scanning and transferring those precious images to your computer a lot easier and quicker.

Types of Slide Scanners

These days, Photo Slide Scanners besides just different designs and models includes manufacturer's software too. The need for a scanning software can not be overlooked as, it's the software that will let you edit, save and store your pictures to your system. Basic types of scanners include the flatbed scanner which is competent to scan documents and images and the dedicated slide scanner that is the subject of our article.

Photo slide scanners manufactured by reputed manufacturers, e.g. Polaroid, Nikon and HP, and vary from moderate to high prices, according to your requirements and preference. To choose a scanner, you should first think of your requirements and expectations of the scanner and look around for the ones that are competent for it. A lower end version which is priced reasonable is all that is need for personal usage like scanning old photos. A good start could be online with comparison chart that reveals price, models and a basic comparison of features.

Using Your Scanner

Scanner comes with the software, so all you have to do is - insert the CD in your CD drive to start working with your images. You could just choose the type of scan you would like to do, like for eg: slide then choose positive color file to start the scan immediately once you install the software to your system. After you scan, you can see a preview of the image which can be edited if needed before you complete the scan.

Care should be taken to see that the images you are planning to scan are free from dust. Finalize on the strategy when it comes to saving the images so you'll be able to remember, e.g. by date or subject cause this will make finding easier when they are scanned and stored. You can actually also sort your categorized slides by thickness to avoid changing the scanner settings often.

You must ensure your 35mm slide scanner is set to the suggested resolution of 300 dpi as this gives a lot better quality image. The higher the resolution, the more time is take for an image. Small files that you scan can be saved as BMP for a Windows based PC and TIF for a MAC. Irrespective of it being a PC or Mac, the files should be saved as TIF when they are huge.