P3D Re: Slide scanning

[roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (John W Roberts)]

>Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 13:46:04 -0700
>From: boris@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Boris Starosta)
>Subject: P3D Re: PHOTO-3D digest 2576

>Lattie Smart asked:
>>What has been anyones experience w/ hi-res, digital SCANS of original
>>slides (and possible touch-ups)  and reimaging them back onto slide film?

>I just did some experimenting with this.  I was able to secure the use of a
>friend's drum scanner, and scanned the slides (two of them, of course) at a
>"moderate" 3000x4500 pixels (the scanner is capable of over 8000x12,000 per
>35mm frame).  

There tend to be a lot of posts on the order of "I faxed some photocopies
of my slides, and the results didn't look as good as the original, so
therefore digital will never be any good". (OK, so I exaggerated slightly. :-)

It's refreshing to see a first-hand account from the forefront of what can
be done *now* in digital. (The cost and complexities described also
illustrate that it will be a while before processes at this quality level
are readily available to most of us.)

John R


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