Message-Id: <mailto:199503170040.SAA13691@library.wustl.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 18:47:37 -0500 From: Bob Rosenberg <mailto:rarosenb@GANDALF.RUTGERS.EDU> Subject: Re: Microfilm digitizing To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
>>I recently had a vendor try to scan 14th century manuscripts
>>from microfilm. The vendor's hardware/software combination
>>only supports black/white digitizing. Does anyone know of
>>vendors who can generate 8 bit grey scale images from microfilm?
>Pardon my Ignorance, but I thought that microfilm was black&white w/o grey.
>Which vendor did you try?
>Owen.
>
Actually, even high-contrast film will have a fair amount of gray if the source has it. For those other than Mark Olson who are interested, Mekel/Amitech (who make the scanners most service companies use) have an 8-bit scanner they demonstrated in December, but which is not yet delivered to suppliers (any day now, they say), and Sunrise has an 8-bit scanner as well (to the best of my knowledge).
Robert Rosenberg + Supposing is good, Thomas Edison Papers + but finding out Rutgers University + is better. New Brunswick, NJ 08903 + --Twain mailto:rarosenb@gandalf.rutgers.edu