Re: [Digital BW] flatbed scanner for 35mm contact sheets
2003-04-12 by Billy Cobb
You'll need cover the negs with a mirror if you're going to use an ordinary elCheappo flatbed that doesn't have transparency capabilities but it will work in a Rube Goldberg sortta way. BC
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From: bob_michaels
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 12:58 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] flatbed scanner for 35mm contact sheets
I currently have a good film scanner but not a flatbed. I'm
considering buying a 1200 dpi flatbed to make contact sheets of 35mm
b&w negs. My thinking is that since I'm not resizing the scan and 1200
dpi is already greater than the Epson driver native resolution,
nothing would be gained by a higher rez scanner. I'll just invert the
scan in Photoshop and output to my 1280 or 890.
Could I expect to get any useful detail in a contact sheet just by
ordinary frontlighting the negs in a cheap flatbed?
Any other suggestions for bridging this weak link in my process?
Bob Michaels
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