Slide Holder & Basket. Perfect for scanning slides.

Our Slide Holder and Basket was created specifically for people who have massive collections of slides to scan. We released this two part system last year. The Slide Holder is great on its own but the Slide Basket is a great addition to speed up the process. Scanning slides with a camera is actually very beneficial - there is no converting of negatives, and you get a brilliant file with very little editing required. In addition, you get to exploit the superior dynamic range of modern digital cameras to capture more information than old scanners are able to. Finally, you are much quicker scanning slides with a digital camera than with something like a flatbed scanner. Read our article on our blog via the link: www.valoi.co/articles
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[@zollieuncle9647]

It does not make the framed film flat, hence your image will be out of focus unless your slide is perfectly flat which is hardly the case with old slides due to be digitized. Any concept to address this issue?

[@valoico]

You're correct that this system doesn't flatten slides - I have in fact never seen a scanner or projector that does flatten slides. Are you referring to the frame not being flat or the film in the frame?
You would have to pre-flatten them with weights and/or some humidity, I suppose. Of course a glass sandwich could be used to flatten the film, but your question is the first time I hear of this need so I wonder how common it is to have unflat slides. Interesting question!
- Arild

[@zollieuncle9647]

@@valoico Well, I think if the film is less curly, than the depth of field, it works fine, however, the depth of field at minimum focusing distance is 0.1-2mm depending on the aperture set and the focal length of the lens so it can be critically shallow. The film advancing solution of the 360 system also helps to keep the film flat, but there is no such feature here.

[@cnlicnli]

How many 35mm slides does your "Slide Basket" hold before it has to be emptied?

[@valoico]

Hi! It depends on the slides (they vary from 1.5mm to 4mm in thickness), but even with thicker ones you will get about 10 in there. The neat part of that you lose the order you put them in - for some people that's an important part of the archive.

[@mprooveit3588]

Can the easy35 be used for slides?

[@valoico]

We just released a slide holder! Check it out here kamerastore.com/products/easy35-slide-holder

[@zollieuncle9647]

@@valoicoWould it be compatible with plastic frames with glass? Will it fit?