Sounds like a good idea that might be a lot of fun. You're going to need images of about 50 meg in order to sell them as stock. You'll probably want a 4000 dpi or better scanner, which will give you a bit of crop room. You should probably develop a document that states your purchasing all rights to the photos along with the slides or negs. Of course you won't be able to sell people pics. You would have to be in possession of releases, even for deceased subjects. Good luck. Paul
> You'll find that slide/neg scanning is, as to be expected, a somewhat > tedious process, but nevertheless rewarding. The Minolta Dimage Scan Dual > IV will allow 4 slides or a negative strip (5 frames I think) to be scanned > in a batch scan mode. It's 3200 DPI and runs around $240. > > I suppose I could have paid double or triple for a higher end model, but so > far I'm perfectly satisfied with it's performance. > > Tom C. > > > > >From: Collin R Brendemuehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: OT: Film Scanner > >Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:46:38 -0500 > > > >I'm looking @ a new small business venture. > >Slides & negs go cheap @ auctions. So I'm grabbing them up. > >Sat. I got >1000 old kodachromes for $3. That's a common price. > >Most of them are dated shots from 1930s to 1970s. > >Landscapes and city scapes from bygone years. > >So I'm going to scan them and start a little stock business. > >What's a practical and reasonably-priced scanner? > >Or, among the better ones, what's the benefit of spending the extra? > >I've got LOTS of slides to scan. And negs as well. > > > >Collin > > > > > > > >
