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How to install Vuescan drivers on Windows 8+10 64bit

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64-bit versions of Windows 10 and 8 include a “driver signature enforcement” feature. They’ll only load drivers that have been signed by Microsoft. To install less-than-official drivers, old unsigned drivers,When using older scanners, you’ll need to disable driver signature enforcement. There is a simple way to do this see video below.     When this is done […]

I Built My Own Medium Format Film Scanner from a Shoe Box

Unless you have the dough to get a lab scanner, it is a painful process to scan your own film. Luckily one day all the photo labs dumped their Pakon F-135 to the market, and I remember you could get one for ~$250 a pop. It was the best thing happened to those who want […]

Digitaliseren van Negatieven en dia’s met Pentax K1 DSLR

If you have a bunch of 35mm, 120, and even large format negatives lying around in your attic, slowly succumbing to the ravages of time, Ricoh has a solution for you. It’s their newest “film duplicator,” and it’ll let you digitize all that film using your DSLR or digital medium format camera. This isn’t the […]

Best film scanner: Canon 5D Mark II vs Drum scanner vs Epson V700

If you shoot film and you don’t are much into chemicals, or don’t have a basement in which to keep a gigantic 5×7″ enlarger, you’ll soon end up with the need of a way to import those beautiful pictures you’ve taken on the computer. What? Why I didn’t say straight on “you will need a […]

Het scannen van Boeken is makkelijker dan je denkt

The Archivist Book Scanner A machine to bring your books into the future, intact. A beautiful black wooden bridge between your bookshelf and your e-reader. The culmination of hundreds of prototypes and years of labor. Filled with countless thoughtful details from thousands of willing contributors. People like you. Buy a kit, read the user guide, […]