[clug-talk] slide and negative picture converter.

[Dick Angus]

On September 17, 2009 08:43:35 am Dan Mueller wrote:
> Do any of you know of a slide/negative converter that will take a slide and
> convert it to digital that works in Linux??
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>  Or might any of you have one that works in Linux that you would like to
> part with??
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> dan

I have a Konica Minolta DiMage Dual Scan IV that I have used with a software 
product called VueScan. I have done several thousand slides with it and it 
worked well. I couldn't get it to work with any sane related products as it 
does group scanning and some correction on the fly.

It scans a sleeve of four slides in a single load. Vuescan worked very well. 
Just be careful of dirty slides. They are difficult to clean without damaging 
them.

It is a bit costly at about $430 and the software costs a bit as well (around 
$40) - shareware type, not freeware. I bought the hardware at Black's back in 
05 and the software on-line. I'm still using it so it's not available, sorry.

The rest of my workflow was GIMP, to crop, clean, and brighten, then into 
Digikam to store in albums.
-- 

An old mainframer getting current!
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