Anyone in Brum area with an A3 scanner?

Posted by: blythe on 12 April 2005

I have a friend who wants his own band's LP covers scanning for a project he's doing.
As I have all his LP's in half decent or good condition, he has asked me (subject to finding a friend with an A3 scanner) to get the job done for him.
So, is there anyone on here, in the Birmingham (England) area, with a scanner big enough to scan LP sleeves?

Any help appreciated Razz

Martin.
Posted on: 12 April 2005 by Derek Wright
If all else fails and subject to the type of project you are doing you may get a reasonable result by using a digital camera to photograph each cover - you can use the colour temp facility in the camera to compensate for any room lighting you might be using.

I have found that I get better results using the camera rather than the scanner. however it is always a case of YMMV
Posted on: 12 April 2005 by blythe
Good idea Derek - I'll give it a try.

What does YMMV mean?????
Posted on: 12 April 2005 by Derek Wright
YMMV

Your mileage may vary

ie you may have a different experience or opinion to me - to take the confrontation out of forum discussions
Posted on: 12 April 2005 by blythe
You learn something every day, I've never heard that one before!

Thanks for the info.

Martin.
Posted on: 13 April 2005 by garyi
Otherwise use an A4 scanner to scan both halves and stitch in a photo package
Posted on: 13 April 2005 by blythe
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Originally posted by garyi:
Otherwise use an A4 scanner to scan both halves and stitch in a photo package


I considered this but it'll be a pain getting it 100% (in my experience) and with 7 albums, both sides, and inserts, it'd be a REAL pain!

Thanks for the suggestion anyway Smile
Posted on: 14 April 2005 by domfjbrown
Plus in my experience, the scans never quite come out identical colour/contrast-wise either.

Why not go to a photolab and get them A3->A4 lasercopied (reduced) and scan that?
Posted on: 14 April 2005 by blythe
quote:
Originally posted by domfjbrown:
Plus in my experience, the scans never quite come out identical colour/contrast-wise either.

Why not go to a photolab and get them A3->A4 lasercopied (reduced) and scan that?


That's another good thought - I'll try photgraphing them first though and see if I can achive decent results.
Posted on: 14 April 2005 by Dougunn
Blyth

A3 scanners are not that common (certainly not for domestic use) they do however exist and you are most likely to find one in a reprographic bureau.

For what you need, scanning the albums will give you the best quality and (if done in a bureau) will be fairly colour accurate.

My hunch would be that you may have to bite the bullet and pay for what you want!

FWIW scanning on an A4 scanner and stitching images together is actually quite straightforward and quite invisible.

D