Imagine how the archivists in libraries feel.
Wasn't there an article on LuLa a while back about using D-SLRs instead of dedicated scanners to digitize slides and negative film? That would be a bit quicker.
I've done that camersa-copying stuff for 6x6 with a D700; it's not much fun either, and problems are many, the two greatest being parallel surfaces and the inevitable reduction of the transparency/negative to a small square within a little 135 format - a bit self-defeating.
The author ¡s proposing/praying for a
rapid system, as with the original, old scanner he bought. I have a dedicated film scanner (135 format) CanoScan FS 4000 US, and it takes an eternity. Actually, the problem is worse with black/white, where I always found it hard to know what I had without making contact sheets. Yes, contrast etc. is simple to see, but not expressions. If there was even a rapid form of scanning that produced a basic black/white print, as a
rough proof only, that would be enough to remove one problem because then you could scan the negative chosen from the proof sheet properly on a quality scanner. I wonder if a cheap, office flatbed scanner could form the basis of this? I have an HP Deskjet 1510 letter printer that scans - never used that function - so perhaps a solution is right there under my nose and I just don't understand/realise it.
Rob
