> taking about 45 mins per slide for scanning, retouching and entering > its info into a database.
What sort of data base setup do you use? > >Be aware that the technical knowledge and understanding of the so- > >called > >professionals in town is non-existant. > On the other > side of the fence, they'll be able to tell you all sorts of > interesting stories about their customers :) Difference is, *they* get paid to know. > The best method I can think of involves a digital SLR with > appropriate macro lens and a slide copier, although sensor crop- > factors can get in the way of this. Do you have experience with this? With what slide copier? Sensor aspect ratios would only add a black area in one direction, if you frame it carefully. An ImageMagick loop should deal with that. > Some scanner software is absolute crap at dealing with negatives. Some scanner software is absolute crap. Often that applies to what comes with the scanner. > I hear Vuescan is quite good but I've not used it. What do you use? I wouldn't consider anything less than vuescan. > Get GOOD blanks - longevity depends both on the dye and the disc > manufacturing process. True, but with current prices I have some doubts about anything GOOD left. I'd turn that into get the best blanks you can find, i.e. good brand names, not anything chain-rebranded, and burn each on different media, and different media types, i.e. on a DVD+R and a DVD-R. In my ad-hoc non-scientific estimation the risk of loosing fiels due to bad media, bad burning, or bad storage is a lot higher than the risk due to the house burning down. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
