The is something along those lines.
The Indus 4601 SL will scan a whole microfilm at once if you set it up
to do it. We have one of these machines here and it is nice but I doubt
anyone would offer this service remotely.
One way would be to digitize the whole film and then upload to drobox or
box and then you could look at the files there but I am not sure any
library would offer to do that for a whole film.
Here is some info on the scanner:
http://www.indususa.com/pdf/4601-SL.pdf
Erik
Notre Dame Archives
On 9/21/2012 1:50 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> On 9/21/2012 6:24 AM, Don Cox wrote:
>> On 21/09/2012, James Roth wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for all your advice, everyone.
>>> I'll need to read it a few times.
>>>
>>> I pray for the day when a film editing machine can attach to a
>>> computer and we can see the image on the monitor, then take a snap
>>> shot. If anyone knows of such an animal, please let me know.
>>>
>> This has been routine for a while, but the eqipment costs a lot.
>>
>> Rank Cintel or Northlight are top brands.
>>
>> However, you can send your 8mm or 16mm movies to a transfer company such
>> as
>>
>> http://mymovietransfer.com/
>>
>> and have them put on a USB hard drive. Any good video editing program
>> will then allow you to select individual frames.
>>
>> Regards
> *******
>
> I've been hoping for this kind of thing for awhile. If you've ever done
> microfilm and/or microfiche research while sitting in a library (and who
> hasn't?) wouldn't it be a great thing if it could be done in one's
> office or at home simply by going online and calling up the film? You'd
> give an index number and the librarian would grab it the film, put it in
> the reader/digitizer, give you the spooling controls and you could
> search and download to your heart's desire. All for a price, of course,
> but it's be worth it! Beats getting a travel grant to run about from
> library to library.
> Malcolm
>
> *******
>
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