![]() I guess you could just not care and do a poor job with 20% of the slide upside down or mirro imaged (wrong side up). You have to handle each one, put it on a light table to see which side is "up" and brush it with a camel hair artist brush then place it into the holder then click the "scan" button, wait a short while then do at least a cursery check that it worked. If this is a paid job, and the client is expecting professional results, then you will need to touch up each of the 3000-4000 slides by hand in PS. ![]() Your biggest issue with the B&W will be the fact that IR will be unreliable, and thus you won't be able to use dust removal hardware (such as ICE). What that means is that you simply can capture more of the information that is captured in the slide or negative, and produce a better exposed image. ![]() Most flatbed scanners will have about a 3.2, with the best of them maxing out at 4. Instead look at the DMax (dynamic range value). When scanning, do not look at the DPI that the manufacturer is advertising. ![]() I would look at something like the Nikon Coolscan V, or if you're searching the world of e-bay, look at some of the Minolta scanners, or the Canoscan (4000?). ![]() The best, and only reasonable way to scan that many slides is through the use of a dedicated slide scanner (with a slide feeder). I just hope you're doing this for a friend, or as a charity to cure some disease in Africa, because that is such a pain that you might reconsider the assignment halfway through it. 3000-4000 slides? Mostly B&W? Small commission? ![]()
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