[PRCo] Slide Scanning

[Bob Rathke]

Thanks, John.  I'm just starting to use the scanner, and I have scanned less
than a dozen slides so far.  I continue to be amazed at the detail I'm
getting from the original film source vs flatbed scanning.

Bob 4/10/04

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----- Original Message -----
From: "John F Bromley" <johnfbromley at rogers.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 7:49 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh slides


> Bob, there is no need to store TIFF files at such a large file size.  I
did
> this for the first two years until I figured it out and stopped.
>
> I regularly scan mine in (Nikon 4000) at 4000 dpi and reduce the file size
> to a one-inch file at 1500 dpi, which will generally store at about 4-5 MB
> each.  (I won't go into file manipulation for straightening, color
> improvement, brightness, you'll figure all that out - but remember the
> saturation key after using brightness improvement - REALLY improves the
> slides as long as you don't overdo it.
>
> When I want an 8x10 they can be expanded to larger sizes, time and again
if
> need be - TIFF files do this without loss, unlike JPEGS.
>
> When printing I use 300 dpi - anything more is complete and total overkill
> and gets you nothing except losing time while it loads.  Trust me I've
done
> side by side comparisons and I think the 300dpi's are better, since
they're
> not trying to slather ink into the same space and put too much down.
Fast,
> great looking.
>
> Save yourself some time and space.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
> To: "Pittsburgh Rys. List" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 8:14 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Pittsburgh slides
>
>
> > We got a new slide scanner, and to get started, last week I scanned a
half
> > dozen slides that I took around Pittsburgh in the 1960's.  Nothing
> directly
> > showing trolleys, but some of the subjects are views of things (e.g.,
the
> > 1964 flood at Ft. Pitt Blvd.) that have been discussed on this list;
also
> a
> > 1969 photo of a dry Niagara Falls "turned off".
> >
> > I sent these scans to some people on this list.  If anyone else wants to
> see
> > them, let me know.
> >
> > Each slide was  scanned to produce a 60MB TIF file.  Then I made a JPG
of
> > each photo, and the JPG's are 150 to 200 KB each.
> >
> > Bob 4/9/04
RR
>