P3D Re: HP ScanJet Slide Adapter works!

[michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Kersenbrock)]

> The units don't sit flat, rather they are canted a few degrees. It
> occurred to me today that the reason they are canted is because the
> scanner's lamp and sensor are separated by a fraction of an inch. The
> slight tilt insures that the light reflected off the Slide Adapter's
> mirrors lines up with the sensor. I flipped the Adapters around, and low
> and behold got a usable scan. 

Yes, I noted that as well a month or two ago, thought I had mentioned
that it worked only in one direction, but maybe I didn't.  Sorry if I
didn't.

> Test results at 72 dpi are shown on
> http://user.icx.net/~jfairstein/scanslide.html.

Looks pretty good.  Have you tried very many different slides?  I've
tried a handful, and some are kind-of okay (like my chicken-slide scan), 
but some don't scan very well at all, particularly ones 
that are on the dark-side to begin with.  Your slide's main subject is
quite bright, for instance.

I've used the same dual-adapter setup you did except my scanner is
a Microtek IIhr .


Mike K.


P.S. - I'll be putting 3D pics on my site before long: digital camera
       generated.  I've already taken some 3D pictures and used what
       I learned in stereo-card mounting class Tuesday (computer
       adapted) to produce a printed stereocard that works quite nicely
       within my Epson printer's limits.  :-)


       


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