Re: Scanning stereo mounts?

[s.spicer@xxxxxxxxx]

lasmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>          The PROBLEM: I wanna scan these old images WITHOUT removing
>          them from their old, heat-seal, stereo mounts (the mounts
>          and their written comments are part of the charm).


I have done this sucessfully with a Polaroid "SprintScan 35" slide scanner.
I don't know how much they sell for in the USA, so couldn't comment as too
suitability from a price point-of-view.

I put the slide into the carrier edge-side towards the bottom, so the image
produced is at 90 degrees to what is required - but it's no problem to
rotate/flip the scanned image using Photoshop so its right-side-up.

At first I built a 2"x2" mount with a slot in one side so I could use it as
a "carrier" for the stereo mount (the slide scanner gate is designed for
2"x2" of course), but then I found in practice it wasn't necessary, as the
spring loaded gate could locate a stereo slide on its side OK without the
carrier I had made.

Steve Spicer



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