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David Kilpatrick wrote:dingdong wrote:Hi, Just been reading this thread with great interest however it seems to be about scanning colour ((color) for our states friends) slides. Would you good folks have any recommendations as to a reasonably priced film scanner that would quickly scan strip 35mm monochrome negative film. Been using my flatbed with photo capability (Epson Perfection 3170 Photo) but it is so slow (average 2minutes a scan) and I have a large backlog of film negs to transfer to my main frame computer. Thanking you all in anticipation. (wherever that is.)  Allan 2 minutes a scan? That's fast! Try an old (good) classic Nikon or Minolta scanner and do oversampling, you can easily spend 10-15 minutes for a scan. There was a little scanner sold by Kodak but made by Artix which did the job you want, called the RFS3600. The Kodak version was superior to the Microtek or Artix branded models, and it would advance an entire roll of film once set up. I do not know whether one would work with any current operating system, it was USB and SCSI. I used our test machine on Windows XP and it was reliable. One on eBay right now - http://cgi.ebay.com/Kodak-Professional-RFS-3600-Film-Scanner-35-mm_W0QQitemZ290365396621QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item439b20568dDavid
Hi David, Thanks for your valued input. Had a look at the RFS3600, hmmm, at least I have some time to think about it.
If you consider 2 minutes a scan is fast then maybe I had better bite the bullet and get on with the job using my existing equipment. Just seems such a daunting task at the moment.
Allan
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Headstones are the property of the descendents of the family, if any are still around.
Allan
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Thanks reeray,
Maybe I won't bother then as I was looking at picking a few for Alamy. Maybe just do the job slowly for personal/family use.
Allan
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Thanks for the info. Just been looking at the coolscan on another thread. Will investigate that problem, if I go that route, before buying.
Allan
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Hi, Just been reading this thread with great interest however it seems to be about scanning colour ((color) for our states friends) slides.
Would you good folks have any recommendations as to a reasonably priced film scanner that would quickly scan strip 35mm monochrome negative film. Been using my flatbed with photo capability (Epson Perfection 3170 Photo) but it is so slow (average 2minutes a scan) and I have a large backlog of film negs to transfer to my main frame computer.
Thanking you all in anticipation. (wherever that is.)
Allan
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Licenced. Why "give your work away"? Note exclamation marks.
I know you will be paid (very little) for RF but it can be used forever, where ever, whenever and for whatever without further payment.
Just my view.
Allan
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Brian77 wrote:Yes, I'm with Kumar here too. This has been discussed before in some depth.
DPI is printing terminology and does not affect the digital file in any way.
Brian
And what do our customers do with the images they license from Alamy?
Allan
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jaybee wrote:If your image is selected, your work will be distributed throughout the world—through our extremely active website, through paid and earned media in 180 countries, and displays at our large scale events on the National Mall, and our other major event locations. The rights with respect to the winning photograph will be negotiated with the artist.
I'd certainly want more detail before sending anything to this competition. 'Negotiated' will probably be something along the lines of unlimited syndicated use for a one off fee.
Competitions only ever ultimately benefit the organisers via entry fees or usage rights.
Caveat Emptor
Jaybee
I suspect the negotiated rights will be - "We will put your name to the picture and it will be seen worldwide." - No thanks!
Oh! And the smiley was produced by using the close bracket imediately after the quotation mark. It happened in my preview so removed brackets.
Allan
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Kumar wrote:Royster wrote:I would also make sure your images are 300DPI. If you look on the help pages it does say that this is the resolution that is recommened to cover all picture calls. Lower res images may not be able to be used in some situations 72 / 300 / 350 dpi is absolutely immaterial ! What matters is the overall image pixel size (length x breadth). Whatever DPI you save the image at, when you open it at 100%, they will all be same !!
If images are submitted at less then 300dpi then further work is needed on them for certain applications. Best submit at 300dpi which will suit all applications.
Why impose self limiting sales on your submissions?
Allan
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Thank you Alamy for sorting our upload problems out. Just uploaded a batch with no problem.
Allan
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