Category Archives: scanners

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

fs4000us scanner software

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 […]

Zelf grote hoeveelheden 8, 16 of 35mm films digitaliseren

Open source projecten trekken vaak mijn aandacht, het gedachtengoed van delen van informatie , daar worden we allemaal beter en slimmer van. Ik had nooit gedacht dat er in mijn vakgebied van digitaliseren van oude media ooit iets zou komen dat in die catagorie zou passen. Nu schetst mijn verbazing dat er iemand een apparaat […]

NAPS2 Nice and easy scanningsoftware

NAPS2 is a document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use. Scan your documents from WIA- and TWAIN-compatible scanners, organize the pages as you like, and save them as PDF, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, and other file formats. Requires .NET Framework 4.0 or higher. NAPS2 is currently available in over 20 different […]

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, […]

How to Scan Your Film Using a Digital Camera and Macro Lens

Yesterday I wrote a post showing the high level of image quality you can achieve by scanning film using a digital camera rather than a film scanner. This post will describe my personal technique for digitizing film using a DSLR and a macro lens. The Setup The nice thing about this technique is that you’ll […]