----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebekah" Subject: Scanning woes
> Well, I have a bunch of slides, so I went to a local business to have > some scanned there, but I only had three scanned to test the quality. > Well, here's a sample (reduced in size) of their work > > http://picasaweb.google.com/rg2pdml/Album23/photo?authkey=C57yacUEV7A#5151305363993242258 > > - and I have to say, I'm extremely disappointed. There's dust > everywhere! And when I mentioned it to them, the woman I spoke to > claimed that there was dust developed into my slides. Well, a quick > look confirmed that there's no dust developed 'into' my slides, so the > dust was obviously in their scanner. So, here's my question, because > I don't own a scanner so I don't know what to expect: > > Does this look as bad as I think, or is the dust on there a normal, > acceptable thing?? That is more likely to be dust on your slides, not in the equipment, given how nicely in focus it is. If the dust is in more or less the same spot and the same shape on every scan, then you can blame the scanning equipment, otherwise, it is your slides in need of cleaning. I've never felt it to be fair for customers to bring in dirty slides and expect us to clean them, though if the order was for only a couple of scans then it isn't so bad. Mounted slides are not as easy to clean as negatives and very few labs now have either the time or resources at their disposal to clean them. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
