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 > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u