Aha - slide scanners comes to mind here....make your own using the info on
this site...
http://www.abstractconcreteworks.com/essays/scanning/Backlighter.html - has
other links as well on this. I did some of this 2 yrs agao and it worked
good but I forget exactly how I finally did it all.
=> -----Original Message-----
=> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
=> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Tom Uban
=> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 12:19 PM
=> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
=> Subject: Re: Fiche scanning redux
=>
=>
=> I would have to agree with Brian's comments. Piecing together the
=> various panels to create one page would be a pain. The slide scanners
=> are not that cheap either though and might be comparable to the anacomp
=> fiche scanners in price.
=>
=> --tom
=>
=> At 09:52 AM 2/15/02 -0800, you wrote:
=> >On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Tony Eros wrote:
=> >
=> >> At the 60x magnification, it takes about 9 images to capture a single
=> >> frame from a fiche. I've put together a web page at
=> >>
http://www.machm.org/fiche/fiche.htm that roughly arranges the sample
=> >> to show a sample frame from a VMS source listing fiche.
=> >>
=> >> I like the resolution, but need to find a way to expand the field of
=> >> view. I'm sure I can rig up a scanning frame, but don't want to have
=> >> to stitch multiple captures per frame. If I can get this to work, it
=> >> would be a very affordable way to do high-quality fiche scans.
=> >
=> >Unless you can automate the scanning, it's a pretty painful proposition.
=> >Or at least it is unless you've lots of time to burn. We've got a
=> >software tool, Stitcher (made by Realviz
http://www.realviz.com/), that
=> >we use where I work for combining multiple images into panoramic
=> >backgrounds. From what I can find online, it looks like Stitcher costs
=> >about $800.
=> >
=> >Are the resolutions capable with current generation mixed film format
=> >slide and film scanners inadequate for capturing microfiche? Looking
=> >on-line, I see lots of high-end microfiche specific scanners--but they
=> >have that look about them which indicates "niche market" and hence "very
=> >expensive". It seems like one of the Nikon Coolscan film scanners might
=> >work well for this.
=> >
=> >-brian.
=> >
=> >
=> >
=>
Received on Fri Feb 15 2002 - 13:34:27 GMT