Since these were industrially made, I've no way to know their manufacturer and/or technique used to make them. Of particular note though were some slides I purchased of the "Sephardi Synagogue of Amsterdam" who's color was completely shot. One of the things I found is that even though these slides were kept in a metal box in a "relatively" safe range of temperatures and (since I live in Southern California) modest humidity, there was noticeable degradation of color lost in the slides. More on this later.ĭuring this review, I've been scanning a number of slides I took some 36 years ago as I traveled in Europe. An approach for everyone but be aware that their help leaves a lot to be desired. Fortunately, they do have an easy scan approach with fewer abilities to customize and fine tune the scan and a custom scan approach that does provide the user more control but requires more scanning knowledge. Keep in mind that the biggest issue with SilverFast is that it does take some time to learn. While SilverFast can do a lot more than one needs for standard scanning, it does what it needs to do quite well.
SilverFast(R) Archive Suite helps me digitize my slides so that I may add them onto the images on my hard drive.
I'm in both categories as I have thousands (and thousands) of slides in boxes and since I typically do not bring out my slide projector on a regular basis, I almost never see these images. Chances are, if you've been taking photos within the past ten years, you probably have a hard drive with a bunch of images (which may or may not be organized but that's a different issue). If you've been taking photographs for more than 10 years, you probably have a number of photos, slides, and negatives lying in drawers, boxes and probably some on the walls in frames.
If you already own version 8, this update is free. SilverFast has recently updated their scanning software from v.