making contact sheets with a flatbed scanner?

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Falcon

I'm considering buying a flatbed scanner for general scanning of
photos etc, but was wondering if it's possible to scan negatives to
make contact sheets?
I know I can get flatbeds that can scan slides AND negatives, but only
1 strip at a time.
So is it possible to put ie 10 strips 35mm in the ordinary scanner and
invert them to possitives?
It doesn't have to be super quality, just to get an overview of the
photos on the negatives.


Falcon
 
Only the scanners with the extra large transparency tops will
accomodate a whole sheet of negatives. (Epson 1680 is, I think, one of
these). Unless you take the strips out of the sleeve, you'll be
scanning through through plastic, but even so, it's very helpful in
examining images.

On my epson 3100, I can scan several strips at a time, which can be
helpful for viewing slight differences between frames, but it's not a
practical way to scan hundreds of sheets.

If you scan the strips large enough, you can cut and paste individual
frames into separate "proof" files.

Dan
http://www.danmurano.com
 
On my epson 3100, I can scan several strips at a time, which can be
helpful for viewing slight differences between frames, but it's not a
practical way to scan hundreds of sheets.
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I don't need to scan all my negatives, just a few of them to see the
difference of certain shots, and see which one's I will scan to put on
Cd's (they're all on paper now)

What type of scanning will give the best result after having found the
photos? Scanning from the photos on paper or from the negative?
(I hope this makes sense :-) )

Falcon
 
I'm considering buying a flatbed scanner for general scanning of
photos etc, but was wondering if it's possible to scan negatives to
make contact sheets?
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I've tried with with my HP4470 scanner and it works great...with
underexposed negs or overexposed slides! But any decently exposed neg or
slide just comes out black!
One thing I was going to try was to put a mirror over them instead of the
white lid. Other option is to use one of those 8x11 cold florescent slide
"tables". I
 
If they're decent contact sheets, scanning from paper works well and
is easier, since you can do a whole sheet at once on nearly any
scanner. If you're looking for a scan to print, scanning from
negatives by taking the strips out of the sleeve would be best.

Dan
 
You can adjust the brightness or contrast of your scans. Increase the
brightness settings prior to scanning. On some you can adjust the brightness
after prescanning to the desired level.

Cheers
 
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