5 Oct
2016
5 Oct
'16
8:43 a.m.
This is the one I have. It may be overkill because I think it goes to 8
x 10 transparency.
A 5x7 format scanner will work just as well for fiche. If you plan to
do aperture cards, you will need a longer dimension that 7" to cover
that. The Epson 4990 apparently has that.
i looked forward and saw Jorg's posting as well. If you find a good
fiche reader that may work. Your current reader may work if you can get
the image quality up enough.
Here is one fiche I scanned, a WW2 unit war diary. It was done with the
V800 scanner you mention and my method of a previous post. I think the
results are pretty good.
thanks
Jim
http://vpb208.org/diary/fiche1/page_01.htm
On 10/4/2016 10:48 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
On 04/10/2016 16:53, Dave Wade wrote:
I have been doing some searching on the
web.
There seem to be some Epson (Perfection range) that could scan fiche
Epson Perfection V800 Photo A4 Flatbed Scanner
* Scans Everything - slides, film, medium format & print
* Dual Lens System - swaps between 6400dpi (for slides and film) and
4800dpi (for photos)
* Removes Imperfections - digital ICE Technologies cleans-up old film
and photos
* Dynamic Range - accuratly reproduce tonal range and gradation of the
original
* Quick Start - warms-up in less than one second
Suitable for DEC 52x Fiche Scanning ?
Rod
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>
Jim mentioned that dedicated microfilm scanners are expensive.
> He's not kidding. Used machines tend to start around $5k USD for a
> low end, heavily used scanner. New machines are generally $30k at the
> lowest end. Flatbed photographic film scanners are much cheaper, but
> also slower. However, with some scripting and tools like the
> ImageMagick library, you can scan an entire fiche in one pass, then
> slice up the image into individual pages accordingly.
>
Rod,
I have an old(ish) scanner that will scan negatives. Not sure if it
will scan you Fiche. How big are they?
Dave Wade
Manchester
UK
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Thank you for your kind reply
Reader is:
MICROFICHE READER MODEL SC01-E
SERIAL NO. 4573
MAGNIFICATION 42x
VISIDYNE INC BURLINGTON MA USA
UK model (yes I'm in the UK)
230 VOLTS AC 50/60Hz .75 AMPS
Only Hi res setting works.
Using my home made but clean fiche holder the few fiches I looked at
seemed OK.
When adjusted for sharp focus the text was clear but a bit small.
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