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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Off Topic => Topic started by: RacePhoto on August 10, 2011, 10:52
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(http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/881/fotomatbox.jpg)
Bought a LS-1000 Nikon slide scanner on eBay last month. Finally decided to bite the bullet and try to make it work with XP. Bought the special SCSI cable so I could connect the darn thing, another $30 or so. No drivers, no software, it worked with a MAC or on Windows 98SE. Yeah, but it's capable of making a 10MP scan from a slide. (ps anyone have a film holder I need one...) Found some software that would work.
Digging through the boxes of photos, I wanted some test slides to start with, to see how the scanner works and decide what settings. I did a Bell and Howell film cube that I found in one box and then I saw this. ;D Terrible pictures of the back yard, model RC racing boats on the water, the box was the high point.
Founded in San Diego in 1968, there were more than 4,000 Fotomat kiosks nationwide in 1980. Seems the company went through some new owners in 2000 and 2006 (really?) and the website shut down in 2009. Even that is pretty amazing. My slides are from 1980 by the way. :)
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I have a couple of big boxes filled with those slides from the 70's and early 80's that I think I could market as being "retro". The issue is, I'm not sure they would withstand scrutiny at the agencies and I don't want to spend the money on a high end scanner (or pay someone to do it) to find out.
I also noticed that I have both 35mm and 110 slides => the 110 slides are from a trip to Baja, Mexico in the early 80's.
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I've not had luck getting scanned slides accepted. Maybe a couple of years ago, but not now. If you get anywhere with this, I'd love to know.
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I've scanned one slide I have and it came out pretty good. I've got the old Epson Perfection 1650 and it scans photos and has an attachment to scan slides and negatives. I very rarely use it for that but when I do it doesn't do to bad.
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All my motocross stuff (early 80s) is scanned slides and negatives. Scanned on flatbed Epson Perfection 4180. Even major magazines have accepted them.
Haven't tried any of the travel stuff. Procrastinate ... NOW! :P ;D
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I remember the Fotomats. I'm surprised to see they were around until 2009.
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I've scanned one slide I have and it came out pretty good. I've got the old Epson Perfection 1650 and it scans photos and has an attachment to scan slides and negatives. I very rarely use it for that but when I do it doesn't do to bad.
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Alamy would reject that in a heartbeat for "soft and lacking definition". I doubt it would get by at any of the micros.
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Created this lightbox last year for a start up company. All are from scanned slides and negatives.
http://cutcaster.com/lightbox/2754-JT-Motocross-Team/ (http://cutcaster.com/lightbox/2754-JT-Motocross-Team/)
Acceptability depends a lot on urgency of need. :P
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I've scanned one slide I have and it came out pretty good. I've got the old Epson Perfection 1650 and it scans photos and has an attachment to scan slides and negatives. I very rarely use it for that but when I do it doesn't do to bad.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/167639_175306542513369_100001020724872_450551_6688683_n.jpg)
Alamy would reject that in a heartbeat for "soft and lacking definition". I doubt it would get by at any of the micros.
I never have tried submitting it and never will because I know they would never accept it because of the very reason's you stated. It is very soft focus.
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I scanned a couple hundred vintage slides from 40s, 50s, 60s - turned out well. Don't know where to upload them though.
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What is it about film, especially transparencies, that makes elderly men go all misty-eyed? I don't get it at all.
I hated film. I hated buying it, getting it processed, storing the bloody negatives, trying to get the dust off, being disappointed with the results when the machine tried to adjust for any filters you might have used, sending off for additional prints, etc, etc, etc. It was all such a pain that I could hardly be bothered to do photography in those days. I only actually got into photography properly when finally you didn't have to use film. Good riddance to it.
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What is it about film, especially transparencies, that makes elderly men go all misty-eyed? I don't get it at all.
I hated film. I hated buying it, getting it processed, storing the bloody negatives, trying to get the dust off, being disappointed with the results when the machine tried to adjust for any filters you might have used, sending off for additional prints, etc, etc, etc. It was all such a pain that I could hardly be bothered to do photography in those days. I only actually got into photography properly when finally you didn't have to use film. Good riddance to it.
BLASPHEMY!!! ;D
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I have tons of slides from film days, over 20 years of my own, plus some my father took when we were children. I have a Minolta scanner, but I'm lazy with the work to scan and correct everything. I've sold many of the few scans, but not in large res.
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What is it about film, especially transparencies, that makes elderly men go all misty-eyed? I don't get it at all.
I hated film. I hated buying it, getting it processed, storing the bloody negatives, trying to get the dust off, being disappointed with the results when the machine tried to adjust for any filters you might have used, sending off for additional prints, etc, etc, etc. It was all such a pain that I could hardly be bothered to do photography in those days. I only actually got into photography properly when finally you didn't have to use film. Good riddance to it.
+1^. I shot so much that I rolled my own film. I have thousands of slides and I have never been able to get a good scan other than a drum scan, which was expensive. I really don't miss the film days at all. I still have requests to present at expositions but I no longer have any of my projectors and the slides are not in order anymore. Scanning them to keep doing shows is simply too expensive.
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I scanned a few thousands with ScanCafe.com. $.22 each (3000 dpi) if you do 600 at a time. I have a Nikon 4000 scanner, but sending them off is so much easier.
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I scanned a few thousands with ScanCafe.com. $.22 each (3000 dpi) if you do 600 at a time. I have a Nikon 4000 scanner, but sending them off is so much easier.
Do you get stock quality?^^ Just curious.
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What is it about film, especially transparencies, that makes elderly men go all misty-eyed? I don't get it at all.
I hated film. I hated buying it, getting it processed, storing the bloody negatives, trying to get the dust off, being disappointed with the results when the machine tried to adjust for any filters you might have used, sending off for additional prints, etc, etc, etc. It was all such a pain that I could hardly be bothered to do photography in those days. I only actually got into photography properly when finally you didn't have to use film. Good riddance to it.
BLASPHEMY!!! ;D
(http://s1.postimage.org/1fengpchw/debflag.gif) (for race people who know what the flag means, directed at gostwyck)
Actually even with a good DSLR and quality lenses, they look kind of soft and lacking definition and the colors look weak compared to digital (my eyes are ruined forever, I used to like slide scans, now they look dull and soft) and as for Stock, I may try a few, but mine are mostly travel and I'm not sure? I bought the Nikon LS-1000 on eBay and when I scanned two passes at 2700 dpi they did improve. I haven't tried "grain reduction" heck I used to like grain! There's a whole story and the drivers and SCSI interface and all kinds of things to go with buying a legacy slide scanner. Took almost a day to get installed and working, But it works! Editing? well hours to remove dust and spots and find out I still find the images SoLD! >:(
I say, digital has ruined me and made my old photos look even older... Oh wait, now they are "vintage" photos, and they can be popular again. (http://s1.postimage.org/1fea8ekjo/cool_up.gif)
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I scanned a few thousands with ScanCafe.com. $.22 each (3000 dpi) if you do 600 at a time. I have a Nikon 4000 scanner, but sending them off is so much easier.
Do you get stock quality?^^ Just curious.
They look really good for scanned images, but microstock quality standards are so absurd, they would never pass for digital. But they still look great for what they are. I like that some are moldy, some are blurry, some are scratched. They are perfectly analog. I think I could get the represented elsewhere. I just have them on my own site right now.