Bummer.  Gee, that photography idea sounds so low-tech!

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael J. Sullivan [mailto:sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM]
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 2:00 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Micro Fiche Reader

Dear Brent,

Been there, done that. Don't bother with a drum scanner -- the scratches on
the fiche will read as data (I actually tried this). What you need is
"soft" lighting from behind -- just like a fiche! (or light table for that
matter)

Frankly, photographing the screen of a fiche reader would be cheaper and
provide a more-readable result.
Another possiblity is using an EXTREME closeup lens, with bellows, to
photograph each "page" separately.

Cheers,
MJS

At 01:47 PM 1/27/00 -0800, BRENT CHRISTENSEN wrote:
>I just got an e-mail back from my brother the graphics expert.  He says
that
>by using a "drum scanner" it would reproduce a photographic-quality image.
>The cost is about $40 per scan and can be done at a "service bureau"
>
>I'm going to do a bit more research.  If I can put something together, I
may
>ask for fiche volunteers...
>
>Brent Christensen

Michael J. Sullivan

author "Make Your Scanner a Great Design & Production Tool"
web: http://www.hsdesign.com/scanning/book/book.html