Re: [APML]: Digitizing Slides. Help!

[aa6g@aa6g.org (Chuck Vaughn)]

>First, IMHO, slides were meant to be viewed by projecting light *through*
>them.  The problem with scanner-based solutions place the slide with
>a white surface behind them, shine light on the *front* of them, and then
>take a picture of the resulting (dim) image.  This seems all wrong to me,
>and is why you have to tweak the resulting images.
>
That's why you want to use a slide scanner for transparencies instead of
a flatbed scanner. The slide (or negative) scanner shines light through
the silde and onto the CCD.

Chuck Vaughn
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