Jack
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennie Goodwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Slides
John:
What Nikon model number are you talking about?
Thanks
Tom --- John Kaufmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/8 of us bought a Nikon slide scanner (the best!) and are passing it around to convert slides to files for further use. It retails for $600, but we got it through Amazon for $610 with no tax. When do will sell on e-bay where the Nikon rings about 75% of purchase. Look there for a used one
The Nikon has a little learning curve, but can bring back aged, scratched slides like a miracle. Also can crop and expand to 8"x10" easily as it allows up to 4,000 pixel resolution. Only 630 need for a straight ink jet print. I am scanning most at 2,400 to allow for cropping.
I save as a tiff (tif) file as this format saves ALL color information. [2,400 pixel/in takes about 25 MB per slide so an external hard drive from OfficeMax is a good deal at $120 per 120 GB storage). Later in Photoshop or FastFoto I can make touch up color, size and save as a jpg (only need 96 dpi (pixel) for computer monitor. This allows quick e-mail. By saving the same slide as above, you can even do a 11"x14". You can always pitch pixel resolution, but not increase it - so decide what you want to do before picking your scan resolution. One of the group has 11,000 slides. So presorting before scanning is a necessity.
Remember - get the best scanner - Nikon is the best.
A friend is a doctor and when he heard what we were doing he said he had a scanner at his practice that is never really used. Check your physician or business friends and for a bottle of wine they may loan it to you.
Jack
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