Re: [photo-3d] Scanning slides in 41 x 101 mounts

["John A. Rupkalvis" <stereoscope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 12:56 PM
Subject: [photo-3d] Scanning slides in 41 x 101 mounts

> In each case, all I've done is to remove the separator between two 50 x 50
> mount positions, and put in some plastic to reduce the width of the
channel
> from 50mm to 41mm.

I have an Artiscan 2400 (no doubt called that because of the 2400 d.p.i.
optical rating, with 9600 d.p.i. software interpolated), which I have been
quite happy with for the last two years.  I had originally done a similar
bit of surgery on the 2x2 slide carrier, removing the dividing bar with a
Dremel tool and adding strips of styrene to fill in the top and bottom gaps.
I noticed that recently the added strips are beginning to separate.
Apparently the plastic epoxy adhesive I used is drying out.  I plan to
re-glue them with a solvent type adhesive which should last more
permanently.

For those who may be looking into a film scanner (it also comes with a
filmstrip carrier for negatives), I bought it in 1999 at Fry's Electronics
for $130.   It included software for DocuPal, DocuMan, Adobe PhotoDeluxe,
and Textbridge Classic.  The latter is an OCR program that I have not used
very much, but seemed to introduce quite a few errors when exported into
Word 97.  I don't know why it was included with a film scanner, other than
that the Artiscan people also make flatbed scanners.  Which, of course is
the way I tried to use it (with my PaperPort flatbed instead).  I understand
that there is a newer version, which I have not tried.  Originally, I
thought that it would be a neat way to reformat the variety of manuals and
newsletters that I have on stereo cameras, viewers, projectors, etc., to a
common size and shape; but apparently that is not a very practical
application.

JR



 

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