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Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services
- From: Evan Zimmerman <evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com>
- To: Sil Greene <quack AT ibiblio.org>
- Cc: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:37:28 -0500
Sure -- we used a Nikon Coolscan V, which is a dedicated film/slide
scanner. I'm not so sure about the adapters for flatbeds, they don't
seem like they would work as well, but I can't say I have much
experience with them.
Evan
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:28:30 -0500 (EST), Sil Greene <quack AT ibiblio.org>
wrote:
>
> 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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[internetworkers] photo negative scanning services,
matusiak, 11/23/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services,
Evan Zimmerman, 11/23/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services,
Sil Greene, 11/23/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services,
Evan Zimmerman, 11/23/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services, Evan Zimmerman, 11/25/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services,
Roger Austin, 11/25/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services,
Evan Zimmerman, 11/25/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services, Roger Austin, 11/25/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services,
Evan Zimmerman, 11/25/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services,
Evan Zimmerman, 11/23/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services,
Sil Greene, 11/23/2004
- Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services, James Dasher, 11/25/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services, Wolfe, Joanna, 11/25/2004
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Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services,
Evan Zimmerman, 11/23/2004
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