[Milsurplus] 16mm platform

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

Thanks to all for the information.

Mike N2MS

----- Original Message -----
From: Wammes <wammes at greenradios.com>
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thu, 01 May 2014 18:39:10 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] 16mm platform

Hi Mike,

Simple question, but not a simple answer. Firstly, you get what you pay 
for. There are scanners under $ 100,-, but I have never found a good 
one. Decent, yes. But good starts at several hundreds of dollars. Those 
will have extra tricks, where an extra infrared scanning procedure will 
find out scratches and dust and try to remedy those problems through 
software. Look for ICE, as a term.
Then, the number of slides is important. Hundred, twohundred even can be 
done with f.i. a good flatbed scanner with a special lamp in the lid, 
for transparant scanning. But it's time consuming as the scanner has to 
be reloaded frequently.
There is a solution. Myself, I use a Reflecta, might be a different 
brand name in your part of the world. Looks basically like a slide 
projector without the lens. It takes magazines and works it's way 
through them, through software it can also be color-calibrated. Mind 
you, the needed calibration slide alone is costly, as is that software. 
Look for SilverFast. Quirky interface, but great results. You will find 
tons of info here:

http://www.filmscanner.info/en/ReflectaDigitDia5000.html

Scanning a 35 mm slide to digitize it's full potential will easily take 
50 MB for each tiff-file and take about five minutes each.

Over here, in The Netherlands, these top line scanners can be rented. 
That might be your solution. Or send them out, if you do not want to 
bother with the many technical intrinsities, to a place where they scan 
commercially.

Good luck!

Wammes

mstangelo at comcast.net schreef op 1-5-2014 20:25:
> My XYL has lots of 35mm slides. Can anyone recommend a good scanner?
>
> Mike N2MS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Merz via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> To: Michael <k3mxo.hi at gmail.com>, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Thu, 01 May 2014 15:07:06 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] 16mm platform
>
> Unfortunately a little longer might hurt. The longest that the Smithsonian has been able to make film negatives last under the best conditions in the world is supposed to be about 180 years. I assume this is simulated through some testing process? I dunno--I read about this somewhere 6 months or so ago. But my guess is that your storage conditions are not among the best in the world and so you should assume the life of your film is much less. For you 35 mm buffs who have your negatives all neatly sleeved, better go take a look. Bad storage conditions can raise hell with all that, causing the sleeves to permanently mark your negatives. I have some that are just 35 years old and they are in rough shape. Anyway, scanning sooner rather than later is probably a good  idea. Sound film of any size is not cheap to scan either. Good luck.
> 73 de N3RHT
>