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Scanning Negatives and Slides: Digitizing Your Photographic Archives (Paperback)

Scanning Negatives and Slides: Digitizing Your Photographic Archives

Many photographers have either moved into digital photography exclusively or use both analog and digital media in their work. In either case, there is sure to be an archive of slides and negatives that cannot be directly integrated into the new digital workflow, nor can it be archived in a digital format. Increasingly, photographers are trying to bridge this gap with the use of high-performance film scanners. In this 2nd edition, you will learn how to achieve the best possible digital image from a negative or a slide, and how to build a workflow to make this process efficient, repeatable, and reliable. The author uses Nikon’s film scanners, but all steps can easily be accomplished while using a different scanner. The most co (more…)

  • Jenis says:

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    A winning survey for any involved in digital photography
    SCANNING NEGATIVES AND SLIDES: DIGITIZING YOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE tells how to handle an archive of slides and negatives that cannot be directly integrated into the new digital…

    July 23, 2009 at 5:11 pm
  • Emilie says:

    4.0 out of 5 stars
    The Best Book on Film Scanning Presently Available
    Having read both the first and second editions of this book, I highly recommend it to those who are new to film scanning or wish to broaden or refresh their knowledge about film…

    July 24, 2009 at 12:13 am
  • Gustave says:

    3.0 out of 5 stars
    Okay
    The book explains all the scanning terms and has numerous examples but I would liked to have seen more suggestions for scanning procedures.

    July 24, 2009 at 3:43 am
  • Valterra says:

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Helpful
    This is a textbook for one of my classes. It is in great condition. It is written so it is easily understood.

    July 24, 2009 at 9:12 am
  • Yuki says:

    2.0 out of 5 stars
    slide scanning dook doesnt help enough
    it ok but to much filler. not enough specfics onto fine detail on how to

    July 24, 2009 at 10:51 am
  • Cybille says:

    1.0 out of 5 stars
    Waaaay over my headThis book was over my head as an amateur. At a glance, I knew that they were referring to equipment and activities that I didn’t even know existed.

    July 24, 2009 at 6:12 pm
  • Luz says:

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Scanning for Those With the Time To Do It
    This is a book that should appeal to the baby boomer generation. Most of us have slides of our childhood, or prints from our grandparents life scattered through our homes, often…

    July 25, 2009 at 12:10 am
  • Macyn says:

    4.0 out of 5 stars
    Helpful Reading
    I found this to be very useful in helping me decide what scanner to purchase as it lightly covered the various software packages that were sold with film scanners.

    July 25, 2009 at 12:50 am
  • Vivi says:

    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Excellent for the intermediate photographer
    For those with little photography or scanning experience (i.e., not knowing about bits or resolution) this book would be of little value.

    July 25, 2009 at 3:36 am
  • Osmond says:

    4.0 out of 5 stars
    Well written
    Excellent book … covers a lot of basics on the options currently available out there. Definiely reccmd it to anyone considering digitizing your archive of negatives and slides.

    July 25, 2009 at 9:27 am

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