Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/06

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Subject: [Leica] scanning Xpans
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Mon Feb 6 22:06:30 2006
References: <200626173451.006468@NewDellHome>

I'd pay a few bob ;-)

On 07/02/2006, at 10:34, David Keenan wrote:

>> and don't even get me started about scanning Xpan negatives.
>
> Totally.
>
> I have acquired the Nikon SDK and am considering the creation of Xpan 
> specific scanning software for the Nikon 5000 scanner.
>
> There is simply no good solution for scanning Xpan film. This really 
> reduces my desire to use this otherwise outstanding and truely fun to 
> use camera.
>
> The Nikon SDK, so far, is pretty dense and even the provided sample 
> program doesn't even compile.
>
> But my idea is to position each frame so that the left side is 
> scanned, then the right side with about a 6mm overlap. Then dump these 
> out to some external stitching program while moving on the scan the 
> next frame.
>
> My goal would be to have a completely automated way to scan and stitch 
> an entire roll of Xpan frames.
>
> How much would you pay for such a product...? :)
>
> PS. I already have the URL to market such a product: www.XpanScan.com. 
> (No content yet.)
>
> Dave.
> -- 
> David Keenan, ausdlk@swbell.net on 2/6/2006
>
>
>
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Alastair


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