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Hi Matt, where are you located? I have some options for places in California. On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Matt Sherman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks for the info John, Jim, and Art. > > As a follow up to the list, does anyone know of any scanner rental > services? Or a decent service to do the digitization work for a reasonable > price? I need to provide all the options to my boss and sadly this > information is a real pain to sort through via web searches. > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Art Rhyno. <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hi Matt, > > > > If you are pressed for funds, you can do a lot with a standard camera, a > > light table, and a macro lens. We have a set of about 15 reels of 19th > > century local newspapers where the microfilm was produced in the 1950s > and > > they were sent back by a commercial scanner as being "unworkable". > There's > > a sample here [1] of what we can get from the camera, and a video of the > > process [2]. These papers are still a challenge but I think the camera > > itself fares well. I borrowed a $600 macro lens from a friend to compare > it > > to the much cheaper Raynox macro lens ($60 or so), and I found that it > > didn't make any difference. For that matter, a $7 magnifying glass did > the > > same thing but it would drive you crazy trying to keep things in focus. > > > > I suspect a mirrorless camera would be the way to go for high volumes, > > many cameras have a "preview" function that has slightly less overhead > than > > a regular camera shot, but the mirrors inside cameras are held by fairly > > flimsy plastic and are probably a weak point. Where this approach might > > have the greatest advantage is with microfiche, a format that does not > tend > > to respond well to scanning methods. Ping me if you are interested in > this > > kind of setup, it's definitely not something that could be put out for > the > > public to use without a lot of refinement, but you can probably assemble > > the pieces for less than $1000, excluding a machine to run the process. > > > > art > > --- > > 1. http://ink.ourdigitalworld.org/sample.jpg > > 2. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-PK1n92dlzwaXVFVjNuM3hXc2c > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > > Matt Sherman > > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 9:43 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: [CODE4LIB] Good Tools for Microfilm Scanning > > > > Hi all, > > > > Does anyone on the list have much experience with microfilm scanning? We > > have some old student newspapers and dissertations that we want to get > into > > a digital format and while I do have a lot of expreience with photos, > text, > > negatives, and large format media, I have not done microfilm. As such I > am > > wondering if there is a good tool or set of tools to use when scanning > > microfilm? Either tools to scan with a standard bed-scanner or some kind > of > > microfilm scanner? Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > Matt Sherman > > >