This is the one I have. It may be overkill because I think it goes to 8
x 10 transparency.
A 5x7 format scanner will work just as well for fiche. If you plan to
do aperture cards, you will need a longer dimension that 7" to cover
that. The Epson 4990 apparently has that.
i looked forward and saw Jorg's posting as well. If you find a good
fiche reader that may work. Your current reader may work if you can get
the image quality up enough.
Here is one fiche I scanned, a WW2 unit war diary. It was done with the
V800 scanner you mention and my method of a previous post. I think the
results are pretty good.
thanks
Jim
http://vpb208.org/diary/fiche1/page_01.htm
On 10/4/2016 10:48 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
On 04/10/2016 16:53, Dave Wade wrote:
Jim mentioned that dedicated microfilm scanners are expensive.
He's not kidding. Used machines tend to start around $5k USD for a
low end, heavily used scanner. New machines are generally $30k at the
lowest end. Flatbed photographic film scanners are much cheaper, but
also slower. However, with some scripting and tools like the
ImageMagick library, you can scan an entire fiche in one pass, then
slice up the image into individual pages accordingly.
Rod,
I have an old(ish) scanner that will scan negatives. Not sure if it
will scan you Fiche. How big are they?
Dave Wade
Manchester
UK
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Thank you for your kind reply
Reader is:
MICROFICHE READER MODEL SC01-E
SERIAL NO. 4573
MAGNIFICATION 42x
VISIDYNE INC BURLINGTON MA USA
UK model (yes I'm in the UK)
230 VOLTS AC 50/60Hz .75 AMPS
Only Hi res setting works.
Using my home made but clean fiche holder the few fiches I looked at
seemed OK.
When adjusted for sharp focus the text was clear but a bit small.
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I have been doing some searching on the web.
There seem to be some Epson (Perfection range) that could scan fiche
Epson Perfection V800 Photo A4 Flatbed Scanner
* Scans Everything - slides, film, medium format & print
* Dual Lens System - swaps between 6400dpi (for slides and film) and
4800dpi (for photos)
* Removes Imperfections - digital ICE Technologies cleans-up old film
and photos
* Dynamic Range - accuratly reproduce tonal range and gradation of the
original
* Quick Start - warms-up in less than one second
Suitable for DEC 52x Fiche Scanning ?
Rod
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