Micro-Fiche

**RT104GT** · 22-09-2006, 12:45 PM

Anyone got any ideas of how to scan in micro-fiche images? I have a reader and am considering mounting a digital camera in front. Any comments. Please don't ask what is a micro-fische.

**Stu** · 22-09-2006, 02:35 PM

I wonder if you can get a proper scanner for them. My dad used to have one for scanning photo film that enlarged it without loosing detail.

**jonra23** · 22-09-2006, 02:45 PM

I tried with a slide scanner attachment for a flatbed scanner and couldnt get any joy, ended up doing as you are suggesting digital camera in front of fiche-reader.

regards
jon

**RT104GT** · 22-09-2006, 02:50 PM

I will try that on my FX scanner but I think this method might fail

1/. The images are really tiny like about 1cmx2cm or 13x16 to a sheet.

2/. The focal length to the plate suits slides/negatives of 35 mm size 3 times as large.

3/. telling the slide scanner to not stop in a blank space.

Maybe I can use the colour positive mode and see what happens. Trouble is are they a postive or negative image? White on blue is it not?

High resolution mode could be compensated for by the size of the image. but it would have to be high res to zoom in and hopefully it stays in focus.
or size will be mega bytes.
If I can get a single image even of multiple pages, I can transfer this to Iphoto and duplicate and crop as many times as I want, and adjust anything I like including sharpness and exposure.

Worth a go

**jonra23** · 22-09-2006, 02:56 PM

Most of teh Micro -fiches that i have used are white on dark, have used a couple dark on white but the are very glary to look at.

regards
jon

**RT104GT** · 22-09-2006, 02:57 PM

Yeah white on dark, standby I will try a sheet on my FX380.

**RT104GT** · 22-09-2006, 03:00 PM

8 bit grayscale 1200 dpi

I guess it don't matter pos or neg as its only lines and i guess the fische has to face up (ie looking at it in reverse/back to front) so the image is portayed readable?

**RT104GT** · 22-09-2006, 03:06 PM

Thinks there is no document there

**TA-022** · 22-09-2006, 03:13 PM

you can flip the image later or reverse it so ignore that.

is micro-fische like a neg?

**RT104GT** · 22-09-2006, 03:16 PM

Crap Tried everything Blue filter, then got a scan, cropped it in Iphoto Zoomed in and all out of focus and that was 1200 dpi 1.9 meg in size. For one page!!!

**Stu** · 22-09-2006, 03:37 PM

you can diffinatly buy scanners to get the film onto the PC, but they aren't cheap. Given the price, I'm sure there will be a company around that will do it for you. Try these guy's http://www.datacomit.com.au/

**mike1980ra40** · 23-09-2006, 02:58 PM

pity your in vic i got the gear to scan it, canon 9950F and bucket load of memory to run it, and 1.9 meg for a page is nothing.
scanning the MF is like scanning the old kodak 10mm cartidge film from the late 70's.
I used to run my own business doing scanning and photo restoring, darn.
quickest way to scan them have scanners dpi set to max like 4800dpi to get a printable
A4 page.

**mike1980ra40** · 23-09-2006, 03:06 PM

another way of doing is if you want to cut the MF into strips
is to project them onto a wall with a slide projector then take a photo of that
with a digital camera and print it out that way or if you can get you hands
on a digital SLR have a look on ebay for slide copier attacments and take a photo
that way (latter will have better results)