CHEEPO slide scans

[P3D <lasmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

          George, et al.

          I posted a few weeks ago about economical slide scanning. I
          have since come upon a low-cost, low-tech, low-res solution
          which is fine for video-res and screen display (not so
          higher-res Photoshop work).

          I just slapped a prized slide down on my mini-lightbox and
          set my beloved, no-frills Sony Snappy camcorder on a tripod
          over it. I put an American Science & Surplus acromat over
          the dinky lens, cranked the tripod into focus, and snapped
          it through the VLAB framegrabber on my beleaguered Amiga.

          Those of you with mainstream PeeCees & SVHS/HI-8 and,
          say, a Snappy, will get better results. It's less than a
          third of the resolution, but only a tenth of the cost.


          LS

          "ESCHEW OBFUSCATION"


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