I have just inherited off an ageing "P" (Parent), a photographic archive of some 10,000+ Natural History slides, negs etc, that I really should do something with at some stage. So am looking into a 35mm film scanner that would produce images suitable for possible Photo Library useage, that won't break the bank. Any Ideas/comments on or off list most welcome.....
Matt, The Nikon Coolscan 4000 will produce a 50 megabyte image file, the size requested by many agencies. Buy a lesser scanner and you may find agencies and buyers do not want your images. I strongly recommend you have an expert view a representative selection of the images before you spend money or time on them. Nature history images do not sell for the highest prices and they need to be excellent in every way, including the quality of the captions. If the images are not well captioned then scanning time and money are likely to be wasted. Give BAPLA (British Association of Picture Libraries) a call. The number I have may still work: 0171-713-1780. They should be able to give you a list of possible agencies to contact. Explain your situation to an agent and ask him/her to vet a collection of images for you. If you reach the point where you have completed scans to market you should consider Alamy (www.alamy.com). You can place a collection of images on Alamy at no cost, except, of course, your scanning and associated costs. Alamy will remit 60% of earnings to you. Alamy is based in Abingdon and in my book is a thoroughly excellent company. I know whereof I speak, I work as a consultant to stock photographers in the U.S. Brian Brian Seed, 638 N.Genesee Street, Waukegan, IL 60085, USA. Phone: 847-782-7420 =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
