Elliot--
 
Exactly the idea.  We have a 35mm slide scanner in our lab, but the size of
the film and fiche are the problem.  Masking is a real pain and is very time
consuming.  If only some wunderkind out there could develop an adapter for
speedy and quality reproduction, we'd be in business.
 
>I am going to take a wild guess that any company capable of "digitizing"
>slides could do this work.  The process of digitizing the slide may or
>may not be of high enough resolution to work, but it's worth a try.
>Microfilm is just fine grain 35 mm film so these companies should be able
>to manage with existing equipment, but finding a holder for the microfiche
>may be a problem.
 
Photoshop is what I like to use, for certain.
 
>After digitizing, the images could be stored on a CD and be read by any
>Photo CD compatible software, such as Adobe Photoshop.  There are simple
>image "readers" that are available also and could probably be included on
>the same CD.
 
Thanks for taking the time to think about it,
 
David
 
 
 
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