[sane-devel] Scanning Time Question]

[Spiro Angeli]

Hi  johannes,

Yes, It is a big progect I have to work on.
Pictures are all 35mm of set of 4 per negative. They are not ( unfortunately ) 
on a roll.
Yes, writing a script would be super. I would have to learn this first.
But, as for model, if Nikon LS 5000 is not supported I think I will choose 
Nikon LS 4000 (which by now is well supported) as also comes with a rebate 
which makes it affordable.
As for application, because I am unable to run Nikon original software under 
Gentoo Linux, I was thinking of  http://www.hamrick.com/ VueScan as offering 
the same and more features than what Nicon offers. Do you know anything about 
this or do you think gimps would be fine? Anything else to advice as 
application?
As for format, I do not know yet. I assume it will be either jpeg or tiff. I 
think jpeg with a good resolution would be sufficient. It is not only for 
displaying on the monitor but also for prints. They have told me that 
nowadays, even a jpeg can be a good graphic format as long as it is well 
scanned.
As for space, once I decided the file format and the compression I can figure 
out how much disk space I will need.

I like a lot the idea of the script that in the background while scanning the 
next picture save the previous one.

Summing up, as of now, I have the idea of purchasing the Nikon 4000, with 
slides accessory (as I also have 300 slides) and perhaps VueScan software.
There is a new Epson scanner PhotoPC F-3200 which I do not know well but it 
does not show up in the compatibility list. 

Do you know if VueScan still needs SANE as backend?

LAST QUESTION: Any time I have to submit/reply an email, I mail it, it gest on 
hold, and then it is sent to the mailing list. Is there a way to eliminate 
the hold process, so that when I need help, I just write to 
sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org and it gets posted?

Thank you so much for the help.!
Spiro


> On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 12:22 +0200, Spiro Angeli wrote:
> > Approaching 15000 pictures 35mm I wish to know,
>
> Wow :)
>
> > for those who already have the
> > scanner (I am thinking to purchase a Nikon LS 4000 or LS 5000) how is the
> > scanning process.
>
> the LS5000 isn't currently supported by sane.
>
> > If I say I have 50 pictures to scan, how do you handle the scanning
> > process? Is it possible to scan x number of pictures, holding them in
> > memory and then save them to the disk all at once or do I have to scan
> > and save, scan and save?
>
> You'll probably want to write a script/program that scans an image and
> saves it to disk while the next one scans. That way, you don't need gigs
> of memory but the scanner need not wait for the disk, nor the other way
> around. An image scanned with the LS5000 would probably approach 60megs
> or so.
>
> > I am trying to understand what is that I will be faced with. I am also
> > trying to figure out how much time it will take for me to scan pictures,
> > and am trying to figure out how to standardize the process of manually
> > scanning all these pictures.
>
> In what format are they? slides? negatives?
>
> > I know that scanning time depends on the depth of the scanned picture.
> > But is there a table that shows based on the depth of color and bits what
> > is the time needed for the device to scan and save?
>
> There's a table here:
> http://filmscanner.info/NikonSuperCoolscan5000ED.html
>
> Scroll down all the way to the bottom, then up until you hit the tables.
> Just a few things: 'ohne' = without, 'mit' = with, 'Bild'=picture,
> 'Bilder'=pictures, 'Stunde' = hour, 'Dia' = slide, 'Stapel'=batch,
> 'Vorschau'=preview, 'Einzel'=single, 'Belichtung'=exposure. (Now you
> should be able to understand the tables)
>
> johannes