Re: Scanning Autochromes

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From: Garet Denise (garet@rmi.net)
Date: 03/07/01-09:36:26 AM Z


Try a flat-bed with a dedicated transparency adaptor. I suspect
that the banding you are seeing is related to the 'flicker' of
your light source. Just a guess, though.

Garet Denise
Garet@Cornerstone-Inspection.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Herny" <edphemra@pacbell.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: March 07, 2001 1:13 AM
Subject: Scanning Autochromes

> Hello,
> I am presently researching an old autochrome of Yosemite
National Park
> as to possible photographer and date. My first challenge is
to
> successfully scan the image. My scanner is not designed for
> transparencies, so I'm having to improvise (experiment). My
scanner is
> a Hewlett Packard OfficeJetPro 1150C (combination flatbed
scanner,
> copier, printer).
> I have tried placing a mirror face down on top of the
autochrome to try
> and reflect light back through it, but this did not work. I
have also
> tried placing a small "light box" with a typical translucent
white
> plexiglas surface face down on the autochrome to shine light
through
> it. This produced an image, but it added wide horizontal
streaks
> parallel to the scanning pattern, and the color was badly
distorted.
> Has anybody had any experience in trying to get a standard
scanner to
> scan transparencies by using an outside light source (or any
other
> method)?
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks.
> Ed Herny
>


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