Quality microfilm scanner at reasonable price

Judaica Archival Project (mailto:jap@netmedia.net.il)
Sun, 22 Feb 1998 23:47:37 +0000 

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Date:         Sun, 22 Feb 1998 23:47:37 +0000
From: Judaica Archival Project <mailto:jap@netmedia.net.il>
Subject:      Quality microfilm scanner at reasonable price
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Dear List Members


We are a Preservation and Access Program working in conjunction with JNUL
the National Library of Israel to preserve rare monographs and periodicals
from the 15-19th centuries. We have microfilmed more than half a million
images on 16mm 35mm and jacket fiche.


Have any of used the Nanomach ScreenScan ? Does it have the resoloution,
sensitivity etc.  to produce quality black and white (8 bit) images for
distribution on CD's ? Does it have quick and convenient software for
cropping, contrast control, shapening etc. Is it a reliable system can it
really be retofitted from reader to reader in a few minutes.


Can anyone recommend other film scanners at this price level or maybe you've
heard of a used scanner for sale. We are not interested in a highly automated
scanner but in a dependable quality scanner.


Can anyone recommend software for mass conversion of Tiff4 images to JPG, GIF
or Tiff3 ?


Thank you for your help


Yaakov Rosenes
mailto:jap@netmedia.net.il




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The Judaica Archival Project    Yaakov Rosenes
URL www.archival.org Email mailto:jap@netmedia.net.il
Tel. 972-2-6438593 Fax/tel 972-2-6430719,
Preservation Unit: JNUL P.O.B. 34165 Jerualem 91341 Israel or
Reproduction Unit: Nevei Moshe, The Vaad HaYeshivot Library,
3 Arazim St. Bet Hakerem, Jerusalem, Israel
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