I volunteered to scan my dad's slides under the 'it'll be good to learn this new skill etc etc'

The novelty wore off after about 4 slides.

The tiniest bit of dirt/hair on the slide becomes painfully obvious when scanned at a reasonable resolution. To avoid this I had to check and double check each slide, the scanner glass and the slide adapter lamp/surface before each scan.

I scanned at 2000dpi. It took an age for each slide and there's not much you can do while your waiting.

Some of the slides needed careful attention as they were dirty - hard to clean without damaging them.

99% of the slides required a lot of post-scan fixing in photoshop to crop the 'shadowy' dark edges and to fix the colours/contrast.


Its a lot of work and I know right now you want to do it yourself, just be aware that to do it *right* you need to spend serious time on it.