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FLOPPYSHOP PHOTOSCAN SERVICE
Review by Dave Hollis and John Weller.
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AweekortwoagoIwascontactedbySteveDelaneyregardingST+,ormore
specifically'me'reviewingFloppyshopsPhotoscanservice,anofferIquickly
snappedup.
AfterpoppingmysnapsintothepostboxIsatbackandwaited,awhilelater
(longerthanusualduetoamonitorfaultatFloppyshop)alongcamemyrather
spiffingJpegsandGIF'softhepicciesIsent.UnfortunatelyChrisHollands
falconhadbeenbruised,batteredandgenerallyleftfeelingunwell,thismeant
thatIhadtopopovertoanotherfriendshouseandviewthepicsonhis
486DX66....I'mgladIdid.
Thefirstthingyoumustunderstandabout'photoscanned'picsisthatthey
werecreatedonmachineswayovertopofthehumbleSTtherefore,inorderto
achievethebestresultsit'swisetohaveaccesstoamachinewithmore
coloursandahigherresolutionthantheST(butseebelowforalternatives).
Myoriginalphoto'swerenotofthebestqualitytobeginwith,onlya110
filmwasusedhowever,seeingthefinishedscansinfullcolourmademerealise
it'samazingwhatsoftwarecandoeventothemostblandofpics.Every
millimeterwascaughtinthescans,noloppedoffheads,nochopped
legs...nothingbutperfection..:)
Whenyoureceiveyourpicturesyou'llfindthateachpicturehasbeensavedin
twodifferentformats,.GIFand.JPG,SpeedOfLight(reviewedthisissue)will
allowevenahumbleSTtoviewthepicturesalthoughyoumustexpecttheamount
ofcolourreductiontobequiteextensive,from256+toonly16,still,in
greyscalethereperfectlyviewable,alternativelyyoumightwanttoviewthem
usingPhotoChrome,Ididandwasextremelyhappywiththefinalresults.
(SeetheARTGALLERYformoredetails)
AlthoughaveryprofessionalserviceItendtowonderwhyacoupleofPD
viewerswerenotincludedonaseparatediskforSTusers,consideringthat
diskpricesareminimalanadditional£1ontopofthenormalchargecouldbe
perfectlyjustifiedifacoupleof.GIF/.JPGviewswereincluded,asfarasI
knowPhotoChromeandSOLareBOTHusableonallAtarimachines(althoughmyPD
knowledgeisVERYlimited).