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Microfilm into wall size poster please??
"slakka" wrote in message ... Dear NG, I wonder how to move foward with the above header please? Any pointers would be appreciated, thanks in advance! The microfilm I work with is strips of film with the same dimensions as 35mm film EXCEPT it has no sprocket holes. Beware that the Nikon Coolscans use sprocket holes to register (align frames) so the strip feeder will not work. At all. You can't even force it to expose. It considers the nondetection of sprocket holes an error. A work-around is to mount it as a 35mm slide and then scan it. Given that microfilm is pure black-and-white, you can scan at a high resolution and do some good work with photoshop to refine edges, if necessary. Otherwise you might be better off shipping the film to a custom photographic printer (many available) who can print right to a very large paper. |
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Microfilm into wall size poster please??
"John J" wrote in message
m... "slakka" wrote in message ... Dear NG, I wonder how to move foward with the above header please? Any pointers would be appreciated, thanks in advance! The microfilm I work with is strips of film with the same dimensions as 35mm film EXCEPT it has no sprocket holes. Beware that the Nikon Coolscans use sprocket holes to register (align frames) so the strip feeder will not work. At all. You can't even force it to expose. It considers the nondetection of sprocket holes an error. A work-around is to mount it as a 35mm slide and then scan it. Given that microfilm is pure black-and-white, you can scan at a high resolution and do some good work with photoshop to refine edges, if necessary. Otherwise you might be better off shipping the film to a custom photographic printer (many available) who can print right to a very large paper. Really? I've never tried this with my 8000ED, but it seems it wants to see the black of the film between the first and second frame, and after that, it's good. Of course, I defer to your actual experience. |
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Microfilm into wall size poster please??
I have made glass carriers out of glass slide mounts for my Coolscan and
used the normal slide adapter. Sprocket holes or no, it works well. The big advantage is that it holds the film completely flat, which is helpful in maintaining sharpness with the very limited DOF of Coolscan scanners. Dust is, of course, a problem, but can be sorted out quite easily in Photoshop. Toby "bino" schrieb im Newsbeitrag . .. "John J" wrote in message m... "slakka" wrote in message ... Dear NG, I wonder how to move foward with the above header please? Any pointers would be appreciated, thanks in advance! The microfilm I work with is strips of film with the same dimensions as 35mm film EXCEPT it has no sprocket holes. Beware that the Nikon Coolscans use sprocket holes to register (align frames) so the strip feeder will not work. At all. You can't even force it to expose. It considers the nondetection of sprocket holes an error. A work-around is to mount it as a 35mm slide and then scan it. Given that microfilm is pure black-and-white, you can scan at a high resolution and do some good work with photoshop to refine edges, if necessary. Otherwise you might be better off shipping the film to a custom photographic printer (many available) who can print right to a very large paper. Really? I've never tried this with my 8000ED, but it seems it wants to see the black of the film between the first and second frame, and after that, it's good. Of course, I defer to your actual experience. |
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