ATDYW@ASUACAD.BITNET (05/29/91)
Does anyone out there known of a GOOD way to digitize 35mm slides? I mean other than using a vcr-to-digital conversion? I would like to avoid displaying the slides, taking pictures and digitizing the pictures. There must be some way to do it directly. Any help will be appreciated. <DW>
eric@mcrware.UUCP (Eric Miller) (05/30/91)
In article <91148.143625ATDYW@ASUACAD.BITNET> ATDYW@ASUACAD.BITNET writes: >Does anyone out there known of a GOOD way to digitize 35mm slides? I have seen a decent unit from Kodak that has a slide carousel on top and RGB outputs on the back. We plugged it straight into our frame grabber. Other things we have used: - project the image directly into a camera with RGB outputs. - dismount the slides and lay them on a flatbed scanner. - some scanners are specially setup for transparencies and 35mm slides. If you need more info, give me a jingle... Eric Miller Manager, New Media Systems Microware Systems Corp.
phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) (05/31/91)
ATDYW@ASUACAD.BITNET writes: >Does anyone out there known of a GOOD way to digitize 35mm slides? I mean >other than using a vcr-to-digital conversion? I would like to avoid displaying >the slides, taking pictures and digitizing the pictures. There must be some >way to do it directly. Any help will be appreciated. <DW> Nikon makes a 35mm slide digitizer giving you 6144x4096 in 8 planes per color. The price is in the $7500-$10000 range. -- /***************************************************************************\ / Phil Howard -- KA9WGN -- phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu | Guns don't aim guns at \ \ Lietuva laisva -- Brivu Latviju -- Eesti vabaks | people; CRIMINALS do!! / \***************************************************************************/
vjurgens@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Vincent Jurgens) (06/05/91)
Macworld, June 1991 has a review of flatbed scanners and lists some slide scanners. The Nikon scanner is a very good, hi-resolution, but expensive one. We have one and like it. But Kodak and Microtek have less expensive models, which may work a little faster and do the trick for your application. They generate digital files. Kodaks and others do have the devices which feed built-in cameras, which are good, quick and inexpensive if you don't need the resolution and maybe already have a frame grabber.