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Can anyone recommend somewhere to get top quality scans from slides? I have a small number of slides I would like done really well and am happy to pay good money (within reason!).

In reply to Robert Durran:

I would have thought any professional lab should be able to handle that. I had it done a long time back and they used a drum scanner which gave very good results.  Now I have a Nikon scanner but that is over £500.

In reply to Robert Durran:

Metro Imaging iin London.

In reply to Robert Durran:

If the forum doesn't mind a bit of self promotion, I have a side business drum scanning film. I did the scans for Alan Hinkes' 8000m book. However drum scans aren't cheap, £12 each, but you won't get better. Happy to do a couple for free so you can compare? drumscanning.co.uk

In reply to timparkin:

yhm

In reply to Robert Durran:

I’m in the process of scanning about 2000 slides using this high quality scanner rented via Amazon.

Reflecta DigitDia 6000 Slide Scanner 

The reviews on Amazon tempted me to give it a go and my experience so far is that the results are pretty good - much better than folks get from buying a cheaper scanner, which they then don’t ever need again once the job is done. Only negative is that it doesn’t handle cardboard mounts that well

Cost about £120 for one week’s hire, so for me that’s 6p per slide. 

In reply to Robert Durran:

A&M are good, I’ve been using them for a long time. Pilrig/Bonington so not too far away.

https://www.amimage.co.uk/

In reply to Robert Durran:

In Scotland, near you: Loxley Colour, close to AG Barr factory (Irnbru drink).  Address: 1 Drum Mains Park, Orchardton woods, Glasgow G68 9LD - large building in its own grounds; take Mollinsburn exit from M74, aiming for ginormous factory which is the Irnbru palace.  Go past this for a few hundred yards and the Loxley place is on the right.  Phone 0845 519 5000; wb loxleycolour.com;  eml: cs@loxleycolour.com.

Good quality from slides: about £7 per slide, 35mm trannies, flat bed scan.  

I too require copies for an Alps project of about 85 x 35mm trannies and can't decide to spend the money.  

In reply to Andy Chubb: did you get similar slide scanning rates as those near the bottom of https://www.filmscanner.info/en/ReflectaDigitDia6000.html  ?

 

In reply to Robert Durran:

I have used drumscanning.co.uk Tim Parkin - excellent scans and service.

In reply to Mark Glaister - Assistant Editor:

Slides already sent to him