Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zazen!news From: hamilton@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Doug Hamilton) Newsgroups: comp.multimedia Subject: Re: digitizing 35mm slides Message-ID: <1991May30.171913.13781@macc.wisc.edu> Date: 30 May 91 17:14:32 GMT Sender: news@macc.wisc.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center Lines: 37 In article <1991May29.153448.21156@engage.pko.dec.com>, davis@3d.enet.dec.com (Peter Davis) writes... > >In article <91148.144117ATDYW@ASUACAD.BITNET>, ATDYW@ASUACAD.BITNET writes... >>Does anyone out there know a good way to digitize 35mm slides OTHER than >>taking video camera shots of the displayed slides and digitizing the vcr >>output? Any help will be appreciated . > >Yes. There are digitizers designed specifically for 35mm slides. Nikon makes >one. There are probably others as well. > >Try contacting Nikon for more information. They probably have an 800 number. > >-pd I recently had a demo of the Nikon film scanner and was VERY impressed. One of the neat features was a film holder so you can scan a roll of UNMOUNTED slides or negatives. Unfortunately, it lists for nearly $10,000 (you do get PhotoShop for free, however). The other comparable product is the BarneyScan, which is also very good. But people who have used both seem to prefer the Nikon. Just does 35mm, however, so you have to get the Barneyscan if you need to scan larger transparencies. I don't have a national number for Nikon, but the central regional sales manager (Electronic Imaging Department) is Roy Edenson in Dallas. Phone (214) 644-4512. dh ...........hamilton@VMS.MACC.WISC.EDU or hamilton@WISCMACC ............Douglas Hamilton, Instructional Technology Support ............Academic Computing Center, University of Wisconsin ....................1210 West Dayton, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 ..............................(608) 262-5667 or (608) 262-0626