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  • From: "Sil Greene" <quack AT ibiblio.org>
  • To: "Evan Zimmerman" <evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com>, "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services
  • Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:28:30 -0500 (EST)


Evan, are you using a dedicated film scanner, or a flatbed with some form
of filmstrip/transparency attachment? Mind sharing what make/model you're
using?

--sil



Evan Zimmerman said:
> I'm not aware of any services offhand, but I can say that it's not a
> huge deal to do the scanning yourself if you can get a scanner. I
> converted all of my old negatives to digital earlier this year, and
> while it did take a long time, they came out great and it wasn't
> difficult. The newer film scanners pretty much do the hard stuff for
> you.
>
> Evan
>
>
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 02:17:30 -0500, matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org> wrote:
>> hello all --
>>
>> I am finally getting together all of my negatives from back in the
>> "film camera" days. I was planning on buying a scanner and scanning
>> them all myself, but several folks discouraged that idea for several
>> reasons: time, quality and intense knowledge of film negative scanning
>> were a few.
>>
>> So I'm looking for a service, ahem - a reputable service that does very
>> good work in this realm. Have any of you used such a service? Any
>> good or bad experiences? I doubt I will take these to Target or
>> Wal*Mart. Instead I was looking for a good company to deal with for
>> such tasks (local or otherwise).
>>
>> http://directory.google.com/Top/Shopping/Photography/Services/Digital/
>> Photo_Scanning/
>>
>> http://www.slidescanning.com/
>>
>> thanks!
>> dave m.
>>
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