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  • From: Evan Zimmerman <evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] photo negative scanning services
  • Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 00:03:10 -0500

ps - looking for something else, I just noticed that shutterfly --
http://www.shutterfly.com -- offers to scan photos to film and put
them online, where you could then order cds etc from them. Not sure
what it's costs, but it maybe worth checking out if you only have a
few rolls to do.


Evan


On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:37:28 -0500, Evan Zimmerman
<evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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