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The aim of this article is to assist people with a large collection of negatives and slides to convert that to digital images. The process of scanning analog (film) images to digital (computer) images can be complex and daunting, and the technical details involved can also be challenging and off-putting.  This two-part article will put the average film photographer in a position to scan their film based collection of images to computer.
The Problem
I have been photographing various things and events for around 40 years. I would describe myself as a knowledgeable amateur photographer but by no means a semi-professional or a highly prolific photographer. Before switching completely to digital cameras around 10 years ago, I had accumulated a slide collection of some 10-15000 slides, about 10000 photographs taken on color negative film, and a much smaller collection on different types of black and white films.
The bulk of my “serious” photographs are in slide...

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Johan Strumpfer
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Johan’s interest in photography was sparked by an ancient twin lens reflex Rolleiflex that was used to take occasional family pictures when he grew up. In 1969 he got his hands on the family Kodak Instamatic but had to wait another ten years before getting his own first camera, a Pentax ME. Several cameras and many years later he ended up with thousands of slides and negatives that were taking up storage and needed to be digitized. He works on business strategy and lives in Cape Town.
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