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Re: [OM] Using a flatbed scanner for slides

Subject: Re: [OM] Using a flatbed scanner for slides
From: Mitch <mitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 07:17:13 -0700
A Minolta Dimage Dual film/slide scanner costs $429. It is worth
every penny.

Mitch

On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Steve Goss wrote:

> HI y'all-
> 
> A couple of days ago someone mentioned trying to project slides onto a
> scanner.  Well, I tried it last night and was not very successful.  
> My son needed a picture of the whole family that he could take to Mother's Day
> out and use in a craft project.  We had one picture taken this summer at the
> garden of the gods in Colorado, (OM2n on a tripod [OM content]) but it was a
> slide, and all I have is a flat bed scanner.  So...
> First, I put the scanner on it's side with the lid open, and used my Kodak
> Carousel projector to project an image onto the glass.  I wasn't sure if I had
> the focus correct, but figured that I could adjust it with some preview 
> scans. 
> First off, the the slide image was backwards (because the scanner is looking a
> different direction).  Second, the image was very dim, except in a straight
> line from the projector to the scanner, where there was a large white blob.  I
> tried projecting at an angle, but that did not help much.  
> Next, I tried disconnecting the lamp.  All I got was an error message on the
> screen saying that the lamp was disconnected or burned out.
> Next, I tried with the lamp on, and without the glass.  At first, I got still
> more error messages, until I put a piece of paper over the scan head at the
> very beginning of the run.  It seems that the first thing a scanner does is
> calibrate itself, and mine, a Microtek Scanmaker v310 calibrates itself by
> pulling the scan head back beyond the glass and scanning the inside of the
> case.  With the piece of paper to fool the calibration, still nothing.
> Finally, I put the scanner back together, laid the slides on the glass, and 
> lit
> them with the light from the projector.  I removed the projector lens, and 
> held
> the projector about a foot above the slide.  Varying the position and angle of
> the projector made some difference in the quality of the scan.  It ranged from
> terrible, to awfull, to not bad except for the way overexposed parts.
> I ended up taking the best of the sad bunch and spending a lot of time with
> Micrographix Photo Magic to make it semi-presentable.  Then I printed it on my
> old HP color deskjet, which did not help the quality of the picture in any 
> way. 
> 
> So, how much do photo CD's cost?
> 
> Steve Goss, Dallas TX
> steveg3@xxxxxxxxx
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