[X4U] Scan negatives

Paul Moortgat paul.moortgat at pandora.be
Sun Mar 25 08:53:55 PDT 2012


I tried that with my flatbed scanner.  Not so successful.
Therefor my question.  It takes around 4 minutes to scan one negative.

Paul Moortgat

On 25 Mar 2012, at 16:11, Nick Scalise wrote:

> Why not create a digital contact print?
> 
> Scan a group of negatives on a standard flatbed scanner. Reverse them in your photo editor, and them you can choose which ones you want to Saxon with the Nikon.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sent from my iPhone.
> --
> Nick Scalise
> 
> On Mar 25, 2012, at 9:00 AM, Paul Moortgat <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> wrote:
> 
>> I've a Nikon Coolscan IV ED to scan my B&W negatives from 40 year ago.
>> But I've problems to determine if it's worth to scan or not just by seeing at it.
>> Isn't there a device to see the negatives in the positive way?
>> I can't make contact prints because I stopped developing them years ago.
>> It takes such a long time to scan a negative.  Then I know if it's OK or not.
>> Was it moved or out of focus?
>> 
>> Paul Moortgat



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