microfilm

[Dr. Gerald Stinger Guala]

Of course there are commercial conversion services but the easiest and most
inexpensive way (if you don't have thousands of pages) would be to use a
film scanner.  There are several that are built for large format negatives
and should work, at worst you could use something like an Agfa Duoscan T1200
which will scan an 5"X7" negative (probably bigger, that's just as big as we
have done on it) at 1200 dpi native and interpolate much farther.

Gerald "Stinger" Guala, Ph.D.
Keeper of the Herbarium
Coordinator of the Program in Tropical Plant Systematics
Fairchild Tropical Garden Research Center
11935 Old Cutler Rd.
Coral Gables, FL 33156-4299

www.virtualherbarium.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Taxacom Discussion List [mailto:TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG]On Behalf Of
Jacques Melot
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 10:26 AM
To: TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG
Subject: Re: microfilm


 Le 19/02/01, à 10:08 -0500, nous recevions de Robin W. Scribailo :

>Dear Taxacom,
>
>We are trying to find out the best (most inexpensive with the best
>resolution) way to convert hundreds of pages of microfilm to digital pages.
>Is there any way to use the microfilm reader to project the image directly
>onto a scanner bed? I'm sure there is probably a very expensive machine
>that does this for you as well. The microfilms are copies of the original
>land surveys for counties which we are tracing vegetational changes.
>Any help from those with ideas or experience in this would be greatly
>appreciated.



    Même question pour les microfiches (IDC, etc.)!

    Jacques Melot




>Robin
>
>Robin W. Scribailo, Ph.D.
>Associate Professor of Biology
>Aquatic Plant Herbarium
>Biological Sciences
>Purdue University North Central
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>IN 46391-9528
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