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on the subject of camera's and the nonsense that passes for photographs does anyone know of a program that can make a slide show of the stills and possibly the umpteen 1 minute "atrocity" movies that can made by such antiquated / tedious devices - oh not that "crash bang what a load of trollope" 'dvd-slideshow' or equally unreliable and dreadful qdvdauthor - no i need something that works - any clues? anyone?<br><br>even on the windoze front would help<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>> From: nottingham-request@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Subject: Nottingham Digest, Vol 301, Issue 2<br>> To: nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:00:01 +0000<br>> <br>> Send Nottingham mailing list submissions to<br>> nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> <br>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham<br>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> nottingham-request@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> <br>> You can reach the person managing the list at<br>> nottingham-owner@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> <br>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>> than "Re: Contents of Nottingham digest..."<br>> <br>> <br>> Today's Topics:<br>> <br>> 1. Re: photo slide scanner (Peter Woods)<br>> <br>> <br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:32:43 +0100<br>> From: Peter Woods <peterwoods@f2s.com><br>> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] photo slide scanner<br>> To: Notts GNU/Linux Users Group <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>> Message-ID: <4A5B6FBB.4060702@f2s.com><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br>> <br>> godfrey wrote:<br>> > Hi all,<br>> ><br>> > I have recently unearthed a couple of boxes full of slides taken over many <br>> > years. I have seen advertised slide copying devices to plug in USB port of a PC. Has <br>> > anyone any experience of using one with Linux?<br>> The things you mention usually say "Not Mac" so you are probably out of <br>> luck.<br>> I would not recommend anyone to invest in a one shot device if you have <br>> a lot of images to copy.<br>> Very tedious.<br>> <br>> If you google slide scanner project, some guy has converted a slide <br>> projector.<br>> Handy for doing a large quantity, I would guess.<br>> http://onlyhacks.com/arduino_avr/a-diy-slide-scanner-project-with-an-avr-brain/<br>> The way he has done it, I doubt you would need to automate.<br>> <br>> This guy has a few tips: http://www.35mmslidescannerhelp.com/<br>> <br>> I have an 'Epson "Perfection" (sic) 4490 photo' scanner which is a bit <br>> of a pain to install on my Mandriva.<br>> Sane backend has to be installed by hand.<br>> It is very cumbersome to use and I wouldn't want to do more than a few <br>> scans.<br>> (I chose this 1 because my old mum's negatives are on 620 film - <br>> remember 6x7 format?)<br>> <br>> HTH<br>> Pete Woods<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Nottingham mailing list<br>> Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham<br>> <br>> End of Nottingham Digest, Vol 301, Issue 2<br>> ******************************************<br><br /><hr />Beyond Hotmail - see what else you can do with Windows Live. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665375/direct/01/' target='_new'>Find out more.</a></body>
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