Message-Id: <200205110950.g4B9oR728119@sitelicense.arizona.edu> Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 11:51:36 +0200 From: Wolfgang Müller <mailto:wm@cmb.at> Subject: Re: Scanning panorama negatives To: mailto:IMAGELIB@listserv.arizona.edu
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> Brad,
>
> we have had several requests like yours.
> Scanning meterial of extraordinary big size is always a problem.
> On May 22nd we will start working with a new scanning technology from
Cruse
> (http://www.crusedigital.com). The scanner we put in place here in Vienna
> will be able to scan negatives of your size (and larger).
>
> Stitching is a solution, but if you have to process too many of them
> stitching will not be efficient. As for fine-art we scan 180 x 240 cm in
one
> go (resulting in 1 gig Filesize).
>
> If you are interested, pls. have a look at our website (www.e-archive.it)
> in a couple of weeks, we will post our experience there. Also feel free to
> contact me personally for further questions or pricing (we sell Cruse
> Scanning Technology and render scanning services).
>
> Wolfgang
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "{ brad brace }" <mailto:bbrace@WIREDMAG.COM>
> To: <mailto:IMAGELIB@listserv.arizona.edu>
> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 6:22 PM
> Subject: Re: Scanning panorama negatives
>
>
> > 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
=
> > >secton 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > brad brace <mailto:bbrace@wiredmag.com>
> > prepress specialist
> > wired magazine, sfo
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