Digital BW, The Print

Hi All,

This might be a bit off topic but what do scanners do people use for
scanning a sheet of 35mm negatives to make a contact sheet?

I think my Umax 1220S has bitten the dust.  The sensor bar moves to
the end of it's travel and tries to keep going.  The toothed belt
slips on the pulley and it makes quite the loaud clunking sound.  

I've started to look around for flatbeds that can take a transparency
lid.  I've got a Minolta Multi Pro for the final film scan, I'd just
like to be able to make contact sheets.

Thanks,

Richard

If you're looking for a low cost flatbed solution, here's a link that 
may interest you.

http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-contacts.shtml

Cheers,
Andre

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Cooke" 
<rcooke@r...> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> This might be a bit off topic but what do scanners do people use for
> scanning a sheet of 35mm negatives to make a contact sheet?
> 
> I think my Umax 1220S has bitten the dust.  The sensor bar moves to
> the end of it's travel and tries to keep going.  The toothed belt
> slips on the pulley and it makes quite the loaud clunking sound.  
> 
> I've started to look around for flatbeds that can take a 
transparency

> lid.  I've got a Minolta Multi Pro for the final film scan, I'd just
> like to be able to make contact sheets.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Richard

Hi Richard,

I use a tabloid sized scanner, an Epson 836XL.  My negatives are in
"PrintFile" sleeves, and I lay them on the glass, with a sheet of glass over
the printfile sleeve, and scan them as transparencies.  It makes great
contact sheets.

Regards,

Austin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Cooke [mailto:rcooke@...]
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 12:33 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] OT - Scanner for contact sheets?
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> This might be a bit off topic but what do scanners do people use for
> scanning a sheet of 35mm negatives to make a contact sheet?
>
> I think my Umax 1220S has bitten the dust.  The sensor bar moves to
> the end of it's travel and tries to keep going.  The toothed belt
> slips on the pulley and it makes quite the loaud clunking sound.
>
> I've started to look around for flatbeds that can take a transparency
> lid.  I've got a Minolta Multi Pro for the final film scan, I'd just
> like to be able to make contact sheets.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Richard

HI Richard;

I use an Epson Expression 1600 for contacts and 4x5. It has a decent 
set of neg carriers and will do a reasonable job of film down to 
6x7, though the file size is too small for anything much over letter-
sized prints. The current model is the 1680, you might be able to 
find either on E-bay at a reasonable price. New price for either 
with a trnsp. scanner lid is around $1000.00.

Steve Karafyllakis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Cooke" 
<rcooke@r...> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> This might be a bit off topic but what do scanners do people use 
for
> scanning a sheet of 35mm negatives to make a contact sheet?
> 
> I think my Umax 1220S has bitten the dust.  The sensor bar moves to
> the end of it's travel and tries to keep going.  The toothed belt
> slips on the pulley and it makes quite the loaud clunking sound.  
> 
> I've started to look around for flatbeds that can take a 
transparency
> lid.  I've got a Minolta Multi Pro for the final film scan, I'd 
just

> like to be able to make contact sheets.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Richard