January 2009
Saturday, January 10th, 2009I thought after the Christmas rush, I’d see a slowdown in orders coming in. Not so. My phone continues to ring off-the-hook with people calling about digitizing their slides.
For example: Simon, a physician in PA called about his archive of about 2000 slides, mostly X-Rays and CT scans. Ron, a photographer, called about his collection of about 1000-2000 slides.
Orders from repeat customers continue to make up a large portion of the work. Some examples are Sam L., an adventurer/photographer/writer. Sam dropped off his first batch here about a month ago. Sam looks a bit like Sean Connery, beard included. Sam travels a lot and is currently in Maine. His second batch of slides was delivered last week.
Dudley, from western Massachusetts has been sending his slides, in batches, for about the last year and a half. Dudley displays his scans using a digital projector. He shoots mostly with Fuji Velvia because he loves saturated colors. Dudley asks that I increase the brightness and saturation in his scans to account for the loss a digital projector brings.
John G. from Rhode Island has been sending his slide carousels, 1 or 2 trays at a time, over the last 2 years.
A pathologist in NY has sent several orders recently. Most of her slides are made using a camera and a microscope to show microscopic cells etc.