35mm slides

[caine]

this may seem like a stupid question as most of you use laptops and software, but i'm looking for somewhere to transfer jpegs or tiffs onto 35mm slides somewhere in the uk, so if anyone has any ideas, i'd love to know, cos i've tried all the obvious places(jessops and other camera shops) and no one will do it.

yes, i know this sounds like i'm stuck in the dark ages, cos i still use old 8mm projectors and such like and film all my own footage on a cine camera, but belive me, if i had the money for a laptop and projector, i'd buy one! but theres just something about splicing film together that i love.

cheers. :D

[ristuuk]

most graphic design companies and event companies can do this for you ,or will have your local contact. it's still quite a common practive for corporate AV.
Beware it can be expensive. A cheaper alternative is to print out on to A4 using a good quality printer, then use Tungsten slide film to copy straight to positive.
Build a copy stand or rostrum for you camera-cheap and easy to do,obtain a couple of halogen lights ( the outside flood lights from a diy shop for about ?5 each are perfect)
the film and developing costs around ?14 for 36 slides and quality depending on the quality of the original is perfect.
Still use film formats myself as well as video etc, great effects when you mix both mediums together!

[stevefromNewcastle]

The other place to try is your university AV department, the put stuff on slides for lectures and students etc, they are also considerably cheaper than most design agencies etc.
Steve

[labmeta]

i`d probaly go with the print out advice as above. I`ve had these sorts of transfers before and there are massively expensive. i think retail price is 10 quid an image. Availibility is also limited. I`m not sure where you reside but in the south west there only two such machines i was able to find. A- the local uni and b- some company in bristol but i cant remeber there name now. Lots of corporate av companies have em but they arent willing to do small runs. I`ll try and dig out the addy when i get home

[labmeta]

Try

avoncolour
professional imaging centre
131 Duckmoor road,
Ashton gate,
Bristol,
BS3 2 BJ
tel 0117 963 3456

[caine]

cheers, i forgot about the uni, most of my family work for glasgow uni so that could be quite handy!

once again thanks. :D

[LEVLHED]

this question has come up before. I've never done this, but I specifically recall a few people claiming success by simply snapping a picture of the computer moniter, then simply developing the pics as slides?
Maybe give it a try, certainly sounds the cheapest way to go!

[complexvisuals]

Yeah, take a photo of the screen. make sure the room is black, cover up the white/beige surround of the monitor and snap away. You'll prob have to mess round with exposure settings.


Cian

[brain]

photos from a monitor:

1) set the colours of your monitor to 5.000 kelvin (daylight). the usual monitor colour is much colder (higher kelvin) and will give you blue pictures.

2) measure the exposure on a 50% grey (create one filling screen in photoshop), then use manual exposure setting, NOT automatic exposure (auto will give you too dark or light pictures, depending on the motive).

3) do not use exposure times under 1/30 sec, or you might get the notorious black bars somewhere in the picture (not valid for TFTs).

4) because of the long exposure time, try to have still pictures, not moving ones, or the image might get blurry.

5) if possible, use tele lenses, wide angle will distort the image.

6) use a tripod

7) do exposure series - one stop higher and one lower

8) keep the records of what you have done for further shots.

good luck!

[merseyj0ker]

check out this website www.micro-quiz.co.uk. I have used them before and they are very. quick, good and cheap. You can send them the pics by email. If you do use them can you mention my name Joe from Bristol.

cheers

merseyj0ker

[caine]

nice one, cheers!

i was thinking of getting a program called pixplayer lite from www.pixdisc.com has any one used it, and could it be worth getting to begin with?

cheers! :D

[2Bit]

much cheaper by far is to do them yourself. You pay for the slide film & the developing of.

You will need -

SLR camera
slide film
Tripod
Monitor with said images
A Dark room
Photoshop (or other prog that will allow you to rid screen of menus, bars, icons etc)

Long exposures, Fuji sensia film (you can get slide film where you pay for the developing as well - just post the film in the envelope provided & 4 days later slides........) & a dark room and you're there. Cheapest place for slide film - www.7dayshop.com

[bluntfaktory]

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hay check out this film recorder , this is what you need . that way you can set up shop charging everyone else to make slides for them . if you get one make sure it comes with the software to drive it . good deals on them most often don't inclued the software and then your stuck looking for it . :cool:

[viscountash]

digital print to slide is a professional version of taking a picture of the screen with your SLR.

but the detail is much, much better. the process is photographic, with a particular slide film being placed onto a miniture high res monitor for exposure. the resolution for the image is normally a maximum of 1772x1181 pixels or 15x10cm @ 300dpi.

- this will certainly beat your 1024x768 screen.

The process is really intended for professional applications and does cost ?10 a go from most professional photographics.

If you go for the screen photo, rural style, use a 400asa cheapo slide film ie, jessops - process paid, (as film grain really isn't an issue here) and shoot at 1/2 sec to 2 sec on 3.5f-stop on a noraml 50mm lense. Tell the processor what you've done and they will take this into consideration. Every film i've ever done with this has come out very well. Photoshop is a good platfrom to use as you can set it to full screen with a black background on those 3 settings at the bottom of the tool pallete.

I find this very useful for text and bold imagery as the colours are invariably better than what could be printed or come out of a video projector.

-the viscount