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  19. FLOPPYSHOP PHOTOSCAN SERVICE
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  21. Review by Dave Hollis and John Weller.
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  25. AweekortwoagoIwascontactedbySteveDelaneyregardingST+,ormore
  26. specifically'me'reviewingFloppyshopsPhotoscanservice,anofferIquickly
  27. snappedup.
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  29. AfterpoppingmysnapsintothepostboxIsatbackandwaited,awhilelater
  30. (longerthanusualduetoamonitorfaultatFloppyshop)alongcamemyrather
  31. spiffingJpegsandGIF'softhepicciesIsent.UnfortunatelyChrisHollands
  32. falconhadbeenbruised,batteredandgenerallyleftfeelingunwell,thismeant
  33. thatIhadtopopovertoanotherfriendshouseandviewthepicsonhis
  34. 486DX66....I'mgladIdid.
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  36. Thefirstthingyoumustunderstandabout'photoscanned'picsisthatthey
  37. werecreatedonmachineswayovertopofthehumbleSTtherefore,inorderto
  38. achievethebestresultsit'swisetohaveaccesstoamachinewithmore
  39. coloursandahigherresolutionthantheST(butseebelowforalternatives).
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  41. Myoriginalphoto'swerenotofthebestqualitytobeginwith,onlya110
  42. filmwasusedhowever,seeingthefinishedscansinfullcolourmademerealise
  43. it'samazingwhatsoftwarecandoeventothemostblandofpics.Every
  44. millimeterwascaughtinthescans,noloppedoffheads,nochopped
  45. legs...nothingbutperfection..:)
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  47. Whenyoureceiveyourpicturesyou'llfindthateachpicturehasbeensavedin
  48. twodifferentformats,.GIFand.JPG,SpeedOfLight(reviewedthisissue)will
  49. allowevenahumbleSTtoviewthepicturesalthoughyoumustexpecttheamount
  50. ofcolourreductiontobequiteextensive,from256+toonly16,still,in
  51. greyscalethereperfectlyviewable,alternativelyyoumightwanttoviewthem
  52. usingPhotoChrome,Ididandwasextremelyhappywiththefinalresults.
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  54. (SeetheARTGALLERYformoredetails)
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  56. AlthoughaveryprofessionalserviceItendtowonderwhyacoupleofPD
  57. viewerswerenotincludedonaseparatediskforSTusers,consideringthat
  58. diskpricesareminimalanadditional£1ontopofthenormalchargecouldbe
  59. perfectlyjustifiedifacoupleof.GIF/.JPGviewswereincluded,asfarasI
  60. knowPhotoChromeandSOLareBOTHusableonallAtarimachines(althoughmyPD
  61. knowledgeisVERYlimited).
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