Message-Id: <200205101517.g4AFH9717989@sitelicense.arizona.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 08:22:10 -0800
From: { brad brace } <mailto:bbrace@WIREDMAG.COM>
Subject: Re: Scanning panorama negatives
To: mailto:IMAGELIB@listserv.arizona.edu
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At 8:50 AM -0600 5/10/2, Kenning Arlitsch wrote:
>Does anyone have experience with or knowledge of scanning large panorama =
>negatives? We have been trying to scan negatives up to 15 inches wide =
>and 48 inches long, and have been unable to identify any device that can =
>scan that size in one shot. We have very good flatbed scanners =
>(Creo-Scitex Jazz+) but the bed is only 12" x 17", and one end of the =
>bed has a clear window that cannot be covered, meaning we can't scan a =
>section and then pull the negative through to scan the next section. We =
>can scan one section and then reverse to scan the other end, but for the =
>longer negatives it still leaves the middle sections. Also, scanning in =
>sections requires labor intensive seaming in PhotoShop.
>
>We've looked a little at drum scanners, but aside from being very =
>expensive most of them also require oil-mounting, which would not be an =
>acceptable practice with these fragile negatives, some of which are =
>nitrate.
Drum-scanners actually don't _require oil-mounting, dry mounts are often
quite satisfactory. I've never heard of a scanner with a four foot bed, but
one solution to your problem might be "stitching software" which is
commonly used to create panoramic images from a series of overlapping
shots... although I don't quite understand why the center section of your
negs can't be scanned.
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