And therein lies the rub. I have about 10000 slides and negatives to digitize and my average 4 pass scan with digital ICE and a 4000 dpi takes about 10 to 12 minutes so I have to be selective about what I am scanning. Cheers Don P. Koch dkoch@alaska.com don.koch@northstarexams.com (907) 789-9497 (Alaska time zone) (302) 743-8445 (cell) "This message, including files attached to it, may contain confidential information that is intended only for the use of the ADDRESSEE(S) named above. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of the information contained in this message, or the taking of any action in reliance upon the information, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message from your system. Thank you." On May 13, 2012, at 1:46 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Dan > > Thanks for your thoughts on it > > I have been experimenting today at various resolutions from 300 up > to 2400 > > At 2400 it takes 4 minutes to scan one frame > > Down to less than a minute for 300 > > All the above was without all the correctional options ticked > > There are real differences between the 300 and 2400 scans, the 300 > scan looks OK at first sight and > would probably do quite OK for showing to others, but zoom in and > the detail is very apparent in the > 2400 and lacking in the 300 > > I just thought I would try a frame with digital ICE and backlight > correction at 2400 > > Its first estimate was 19 minutes ! > > How much this is influenced by my rather dated computer is another > matter > > It seems its going to be a long business > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > >> Nivard, >> >> I have scanned a bunch of various kinds of images: photos, computer >> generated images and drawings. >> >> My experience tells me that the format used to save the scan is most >> important >> >> I am now using a Brother MFC 495CW all-in-one for my scanning. It >> gives me >> the option of choosing >> B&W or Color and setting the resolution. > > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com > and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message