Date:         Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:32:04 -0800
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: Micro Fiche Reader
Comments: To: BRENT CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>

High-tech photography we can do,  it just costs more!

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "BRENT CHRISTENSEN" <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: Micro Fiche Reader


> Bummer.  Gee, that photography idea sounds so low-tech!
>
> Brent Christensen
> '89 GL Syncro Westy
> Santa Barbara, CA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael J. Sullivan [mailto:sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 2:00 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Micro Fiche Reader
>
>
> Dear Brent,
>
> Been there, done that. Don't bother with a drum scanner -- the scratches
on
> the fiche will read as data (I actually tried this). What you need is
> "soft" lighting from behind -- just like a fiche! (or light table for that
> matter)
>
> Frankly, photographing the screen of a fiche reader would be cheaper and
> provide a more-readable result.
> Another possiblity is using an EXTREME closeup lens, with bellows, to
> photograph each "page" separately.
>
> Cheers,
> MJS
>
>
> At 01:47 PM 1/27/00 -0800, BRENT CHRISTENSEN wrote:
> >I just got an e-mail back from my brother the graphics expert.  He says
> that
> >by using a "drum scanner" it would reproduce a photographic-quality
image.
> >The cost is about $40 per scan and can be done at a "service bureau"
> >
> >I'm going to do a bit more research.  If I can put something together, I
> may
> >ask for fiche volunteers...
> >
> >Brent Christensen
>
>
> Michael J. Sullivan
>
> author "Make Your Scanner a Great Design & Production Tool"
> web: http://www.hsdesign.com/scanning/book/book.html
>