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Re: Text/Image Web Searching

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Norman Beattie)
Tue Apr 15 22:33:50 1997

Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 20:42:37 -0500 (CDT)
From: Norman Beattie <nbeattie@rrcc.mb.ca>
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Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>

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I seem to have missed an earlier post on this topic.  What software/hardware are
you using to scan slides with?

I'm interested in scanning slides and also photographic negatives to produce
images without the intermediate step of printing the photos.

Thanks!

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On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Bob Strauss <STRAUSS@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU> wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>From my wife's recent experience with 35mm slides--> disk,
>they are easy to digitize, but take up a huge amount of space,
>numbering in MB. Also, some editing may be needed to lighten
>up the image or otherwise make it easier to see.
>
>I was amazed at how easy it was to "scan" the slide to disk, however.
>
>Bob Strauss
>
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