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Re: How to make "Contact Sheets" with film scanners

2001-12-23 by frankg_photo

This is exactly what I do. I have an old Microtek Scanmaker III 
(found on ebay) which has a very large transparency adapter covering 
a full sheet of negatives in their clear plastic sleeve. It works 
great - if you scan at the full optical res, in my case 600dpi, then 
the file is large enough that I can zoom into anyy frame and examine 
detail. Actually better than a real contact sheet and loupe.
hth
Frank
> 
> Someone suggested using a flatbed with a transparancy adapter for 
> the proofs and then doing the scan of the selects with a film 
> scanner.
> 
> Ideas?

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