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Recommendations for digitalizing old photo prints? and slides? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by gomp@lemmy.ml to c/photography@lemmy.world

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I found some old photo albums and slides (mostly dating back to '80) and I'm considering digitalizing some of them.

How would you proceed in my shoes?

I have a decent mirrorless camera (plus minimal editing skills) and an office scanner, but I'm open to buy extra equipment. I'm also open to sending the lot to some third party studio that specializes in the task, but if possible (and if it's not much more costly) I would prefer to DYI and process the photos/slides as I review them.

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[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

none of my tripods are capable of pointing straight down

Poor guy LOL. I have got only one and it can do the 90 degrees bend.

But you are right, it is uncomfortably narrow when you also want the legs short while working above your desk.

There is a trick that I saw in a youtube tutorial. Hard to describe in words, but I'll try. Use your tripod the "upside down" way. Make 2 of the legs short, and one full length. The long one goes on the floor, the short ones on the desk. Now your center column isn't vertical, and that's what you want. The camera comes a little on the side. You get a more convenient space down there between the legs.

And you don't need these 90 degrees :)