P3D Re: Slide Scanner Attachment for Flatbed Scanners

[Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxx>]

jon forgive me whose last name i forgot passed this great tip along:

> > For those who already own a flatbed scanner, but would like to scan
> > stereo slides, I just saw a very clever device being offered by HP.  The
> > HP slide Adapter (PN C6260-67700) sells separately for $24.95 and
> > consists of a small, hollow plastic pyramid that is placed over a slide
> > on top of the flatbed of a scanner.  This adapter, which is wider than a
> > 2X2 slide and has polished aluminum reflectors on the insides of the
> > pyramid, passively reflects light back down through the slide for
> > detection by the scanner as if it were opaque.

Mike K. responds:

> Thanks Jon for the pointer!!!!  You may have saved me a lot of work. I
> had been toying with an idea of using mirrors put into slots of wood
> side-pieces.  Trying one of the HP thingies seems a *whole* lot easier.

and I'm wondering what you guys do to compensate for the gamma
difference between chromes and negatives?


Eric G.


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