P3D Re: scanned slide

[jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gabriel Jacob)]

Gene Mitofsky writes: 
>So...I went to Walgreens and bought a minature floursent hand light (about
>6" long) that is battery operated (2 AA) and cost about $7.  I put it
>inside a paper box and cut a hole on the bottom to match the stereo mount. 
>I scanned the slide at 600 dpi and it isn't too bad. 
>
>I just wanted to put out the idea and have others try in a similar manner.
>Keep me (us) posted

Its already been done! :-)
I scanned in a whole VM reel with a handheld scanner and battery powered
fluorscent lamp. It's probably the world's largest (and first complete
scan of reel and chips) VM reel!

>From my post about a month ago.

>As poor as I found the inexpensive scanners to be, they work 
>great at scanning in whole VM reels! And it only cost me $2
>in materials, not including the battery powered fluorescent
>lamp. 
>
>Check out two resolutions that I have done with an old handheld
>scanner. The first one is 734x698 163k, and the second one is
>1632x1448 523k. If your browser can't handle the large second
>image, don't load it but rather save it your HD and view it
>offline with any paint program. 
>
>   http://www.generation.net/~jacob/vm200.jpg
>   http://www.generation.net/~jacob/vm400.jpg

Still alot of room for improvement, so I'll still stay tuned for
part 3 of your installments! :-)

Gabriel


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