>Anyways, if you do know a way to have my slides tidy and clean > all the time, please let me know! :)
Before I bought my Nikon Super Coolscan 4000ED, I had a local commercial outfit (Meteor) scan hundreds of images. What I came up with to miniimize dust was to use a bulb blower to blow away the dust & then package 40 or so slides into the plastic boxes that I received my processed slides in. The slide werte delivered to the scanner in those boxes. Didn't totally eliminate dust, but made it a less of an issue. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebekah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Scanning woes > >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. > > I can't say I understand you here. At least, I sure haven't found a > way to keep my slides dust-free, and if I'm going to pay someone to > scan them, I think the least I could expect is for them to brush the > dang dust off before doing so, especially if they are claiming to be > 'professional'. These weren't scanned at Walmart or the grocery > store. Anyways, if you do know a way to have my slides tidy and clean > all the time, please let me know! :) I'm starting to think dust simply > grows on slides. > > > > rg2 > > On 1/4/08, Bong Manayon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I agree! Dust happens and this is not yet the worse I've encountered. >> I usually do a lot of tricks to minimize it but it still happens. >> Ask what kind of scanner they use, some professional labs have the >> Kodak HR500 which has Digital ICE installed and that greatly reduces >> dust & scratches. >> >> Bong >> >> On Jan 4, 2008 1:53 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > You're going to get some dust with any scan. This is a bit excessive, >> > but I've seen worse. Just clone it out. >> > Paul >> > >> > -------------- Original message ---------------------- >> > From: Rebekah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > 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#5151305363 >> > > 993242258 >> > > >> > > - 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?? >> > > >> > > rg2 -- 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.
