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Hi, > Pictures are all 35mm of set of 4 per negative. They are not ( unfortunat= ely )=20 > on a roll. So they're in strips? That sucks. You're in for quite a bit of strip changing then. > As for application, because I am unable to run Nikon original software un= der=20 > Gentoo Linux, I was thinking of http://www.hamrick.com/ VueScan as offer= ing=20 > the same and more features than what Nicon offers. Do you know anything a= bout=20 > this or do you think gimps would be fine? Anything else to advice as=20 > application? I thought you were going to use SANE. Then you don't need vuescan. > As for format, I do not know yet. I assume it will be either jpeg or tiff= . I=20 > think jpeg with a good resolution would be sufficient. It is not only for= =20 > displaying on the monitor but also for prints. They have told me that=20 > nowadays, even a jpeg can be a good graphic format as long as it is well=20 > scanned. > As for space, once I decided the file format and the compression I can fi= gure=20 > out how much disk space I will need. Yeah, whatever. You don't want to keep 20 images in memory though :) > I like a lot the idea of the script that in the background while scanning= the=20 > next picture save the previous one. Should be fairly easy. Trivial, however, is scanning,saving,scanning,saving,.... > Summing up, as of now, I have the idea of purchasing the Nikon 4000, with= =20 > slides accessory (as I also have 300 slides) and perhaps VueScan software= . If you get the 4000 with the slides accessory you'll probably be able to just scan from the command line and write a script to advance to the next slide, scan, save it, .... (or use scanadf maybe). > There is a new Epson scanner PhotoPC F-3200 which I do not know well but = it=20 > does not show up in the compatibility list.=20 No idea. > Do you know if VueScan still needs SANE as backend? No idea. > LAST QUESTION: Any time I have to submit/reply an email, I mail it, it ge= st on=20 > hold, and then it is sent to the mailing list. Is there a way to eliminat= e=20 > the hold process, so that when I need help, I just write to=20 > sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org and it gets posted? Subscribe to the list. johannes --=-AVo7SEvfXqtm8421c6eX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (SIP Solutions) iQIVAwUAQqiTlKVg1VMiehFYAQL/Cg//f/FTS5865vivhLcVECdm2BGOEyv72oDU Sf3D7W1Di+pJwzWxUx9oQKakFw4cHI3K9JaHq5sO2ZxcMmQAQA4JxvY4j2caVl4H +ZR7fXo0q9Avi2ncTjRd/kHfvpD+VlXvgztkYbXB5uDE2Ne7nKC//KNM8bm7knxH ud6WOP+ZZ570yKKd8G8sEy0tAx2AEVt8Xk2TUI54+TkAB9LJwF9wXKDJIFEMFEsU sD6cCwk8k2io46ChM46DTuoHo7NGQRw8x91X9y1wlG15i1QuNqE6MfQENOHXberp XkgnTiQWQ6bWqOGcrGhrpgt6P+sU8l6b7qexvAlIzkXc+ExnPQGs2hNeLWrhDEi+ v69XtI3kJot1k3B0+xx4ungZl0SO1uWH+tIVjqQHK9Kw/LGAGQzM6+JwTj5Sv7DM EeT26BpCkzQqo/dIXnZGAlmyJ6cR9J/8ddutqAtpNvLCpqtBJHfeZ25I6tdizniZ PNtWlIj4R5BjnhysEF7yQqqjt6LRI3WhCfKJ+6LzfoiX0R1QjiVg/35wXBTQMzU8 b+3FYxDYPfSmYNUUp7S3u/FmbliN0TG1y6EjpM431qmfaEvzSJaYCxzFnGVZhrec lGE8eSeKwZAIiXWrNhWbwbXwnbcRwcOxP/dz3H1mo+fmqGQZR8MQ7z3iHo3pf0cS hC9zWHnjtKU= =R/X/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-AVo7SEvfXqtm8421c6eX--
