[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 98-02-15 02:52:45 EST, you write: > > > I would highly > > recommend the Polaroid Sprintscan line of 35mm film scanners. > > How much (ballpark)? You can post the response to the list.
Polaroid Sprintscan Plus: $1799 (2700 dpi, 36 bit color, 3.4 optical density) Polaroid Sprintscan ES: $1499 (2700 dpi, 24 bit color, 3.0 optical density) Polaroid Sprintscan LE: $799 (1950 dpi, 30 bit color, 3.0 optical density) I think I stated that we have the LE at the campus, when actually we have the ES there (the older ES models are the original Sprintscan, and do not say ES on them anywhere - the new ones do). Prices listed are from PC Connection, 1-800-800-5555. If you want to see some examples (from the Plus model), check out the most recent images added to the SPORRS site. The ones I scanned are labeled so in their descriptions. I think the results are excellent. I still had to do some work in Photoshop to get the scans the way I wanted them (as close to the original slides as possible), but damn little on Greg's SP shot. I went through the Photoshop plug-in Import option (Twain 32 bit) to scan them directly into Photoshop 4.0 (you can just use Polaroid's software though - it ain't PS, but it will get the job done too). I scanned them at 1350 dpi and at about 1952x1332 pixels, then I reduced them to 408x600 pixels (slight cropping by a few pixels was needed for the correct proportions) and 72 dpi when I was finished doing minor corrections and adding the copyright notices with the Photoshop Text Tool. Then I saved copies of the files as JPGs for the web. I made the GIF thumbnails (126x84) in about ten seconds each (Export GIF89a in Photoshop at 64 colors - interlaced), directly from the JPG files (but you can do this from the TIF files (original scans) too. This scanner took about 30 seconds to scan each slide after each preview, which took about ten seconds each. These things work great, I'm up doing my digital imaging class homework with mine right now (and I'm about finished for this morning!). :) Dave Cohen Photographer Action Photographic Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/home/ -> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs -> Message © SPORRS® 1998 - All Rights Reserved
