Re: Waaaaay OT, sorry.

From: DAve (dave.list_at_pixelhammer.com)
Date: 11/29/05

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    Gary Kline wrote:
    > On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 10:15:06PM -0800, Vizion wrote:
    >
    >>On Monday 28 November 2005 22:05, the author Gary Kline contributed to the
    >>dialogue on-
    >> Waaaaay OT, sorry.:
    >>
    >>
    >>> Folks,
    >>>
    >>> This is one of my more obscure questions and involves scanning
    >>> not paper but something they used to store books, magazines,
    >>> and newspapers--before the computer age. It is called a
    >>> microfiche (or fiche). A friend got a copy of a rare
    >>> out-of-print, not-for-sale book on microfiche. We're looking
    >>> for some means of scanning this film into a scanner with
    >>> OCR. So far, he has tried a camera with 8G memory. No joy,
    >>> the scanner sees garbage. Anybody out there ever have anything
    >>> like this prob? The book is from 1913 so it is well in the
    >>> public domain. I've already written Google; zero response.
    >>>
    >>> I want to get this book up on my site, fully HTML it so that
    >>> everybody has the opportunity to ready it ... .
    >>>
    >>> thanks for any insights,
    >>>
    >>> gary
    >>
    >>Its a long time since I have handled microfiche but my guess is you will need
    >>to mount your camera onto a microfiche reader or a microscope. The
    >>resolution of a microfiche image is really high - far higher than the camera
    >>you are using so I think you may need something to enlarge the image for you
    >>to photograph.
    >>
    >>my two pennorth
    >>
    >>david
    >>
    >
    >
    > Microscope; that never cross my mind. I think my pal took stuff
    > to the main library one night and tried capturing the data from
    > the reader. Not very successful; I don't know the details.
    > (We are around 1200 miles apart.) Any ballpark SWAG what power
    > lens might work here? I only touched m'fiche one time ever, so
    > have no idea. Money is an issue since there are 400+ pages.
    >
    >
    > gary
    >
    >

    Have you given any thought to using an overhead projector? Possibly a
    slide projector? Depends on the fiche size I'd think, but you could then
      make an image on a wall/screen that could be photographed.

    Also, I remember using my fathers extension tubes on his old Cannon to
    copy slides and photograph postage stamps. It was amazing the clarity I
    got. A small stamp could fill a 35mm frame.

    DAve

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