Re: Film Scanner query

John Blunden (mailto:blunden2@LLNL.GOV)
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:02:47 -0800

Message-Id: <199811180055.RAA49346@dns.ccit.arizona.edu>
Date:         Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:02:47 -0800
From: John Blunden <mailto:blunden2@LLNL.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Film Scanner query
To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU

>At 10:04 AM 11/17/98 -0800, John Blunden wrote:
>
>>Check out the Kodak CIS 1200 system. It will scan an uncut roll of 35mm in
>>under 5 minutes at 2kx3k resoultion. They claim 100 scans per hour. Also
>>will do slides in a tray option. Files can be various formats such as PCD,
>>Flashpix, Tiff etc. See the web page at:
>>Price, as I recall, was around $50K and the unit at the Stanford U. Media
>>Center was extremely fast and had been reliable in their production
>>environment.
>
>At $50k is it a scan or scam?
>
>r.baron

Its a "kit" that will allow high volume scanning. Its not suitable for small volume use - too pricey. You need to add a Mac & some other hardware. Stanford was happy with their system.

Hey, would Kokak "scam" ya? :-)

John

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Technical Information Department

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