Digitising collections of microfiche - Re: Looking for opinions...

[geneb]

On Wed, 28 Mar 2018, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:

>>
>>> I wonder if you could use a photographic enlarger and a flatbed 
>>> scanner to do this.
>
> This is a rather interesting question, it’s highly impractical, BUT, it 
> might be a way for someone like me to get copies of single pages.  A 
> slightly more practical solution would be a DSLR setup with a bellows 
> for Macro Photography.  Realistically someone with a proper setup (which 
> would mean creating a holder for the film), could probably photograph 
> the sheets quite quickly.

You figure if a couple of college kids can build a robot that can solve a 
Rubik's Cube in 380ms, a bunch of really smart old guys should be able to 
cobble together a DIY microfiche scanner.

g.


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