Cheap MF scanning (was Re: By the way...)

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greg wrote:
> 
>   BTW does anyone on the list have a good
> way of scanning MF stereo slides?  I really
> would like to have a few of my best ones
> on my web page but don't want to pay pro
> photo CD prices. A 200 or 300 dpi scan
> would be dandy (giving 400x400 or 600x600
> per eye).  I'm cheap so I'd only want to
> pay a buck or two a slide plus postage.
> But you could view my slides for free :)
> 

I have an Artec Scanrom 4E ($100 mail order) that scans at 400dpi
(optical, not interpolated).  This is fine for the web.  It has a 4x6
inch tray that you place the original in.  It's about the size of an
external CD-ROM drive.  It's meant for scanning snapshots and slides,
but I have my best results with B&W negatives.  My slides seem to come
out dark, and I haven't really bothered to put much effort into
figuring out what's wrong.  You can see some samples in the
architectural details section of my 35mm page, and a comparison versus
a HP Deskscan III in the Greenmarket section of my Pinhole page.

Do you want to scan mounted pairs, or film strips?  I've been scanning
my slide bar film strips, but haven't had time to finish processing
them for the web.  By scanning single film strips (as opposed to
different strips from my Lubitels) I hope to minimize the alignment
errors (rotation, etc.) that scanning introduces.  They'll eventually
wind up as anaglyphs (the most readily accessible format for the web).
I want to try scanning some mounted pairs (that way they shouldn't
have alignment problems), but I'll have to figure out the darkness
problem first.

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