--- On Mon, 9/6/10, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Has anyone outsourced the scanning of 35mm double-image
> stereoscopic slides? Did you like the results? Can you
> recommend a company? The project I'm involved in has a very
> limited budget. We don't necessarily need both images, just
> one for archival purposes, although if we can get both
> scanned from each mount for nearly the same price it would
> be ideal. These are color slides circa 1950's and 60's. We
> want the mounts kept intact so the originals may be enjoyed
> via the stereoscopic viewers.
Hi, Tom -
I think it would be a mistake to only scan half the image.
There is a tremendous amount of information in a stereo
image, and it can really be like a time machine to take
you back to another time and place. Not to preserve both
images would be like scanning a color image in black and
white.
I shoot a lot of stereo myself, and when I have an image
I want to digitize I of course have the luxury of being able
to scan it in before I mount it - and modern plastic mounts
are easy to take apart to scan the images later. Of course,
you don't have that luxury and I can understand why you'd
be hesitant to take apart heat-sealed or glued mounts
(although there were stereo mounts, such as those made by
Realist, that would come apart easily.
I've never had my pictures scanned professionally, but
my film scanner is a Konica/Minolta DiMAGE scanner. I
believe the technology was bought by Sony, but I don't
know if they still make them. You can modify the slide
mount carrier for this scanner to accept stereo slide
mounts. I have seen ads from at least one company that
does this. But then you still have to scan the two
halves of the image separately and combine them into one
side-by-side image for freeviewing in Photoshop or Gimp
or something like that.
I don't know if this is helpful or not, but it's something.
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