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| Thread ID: 48258 | 2004-08-18 04:39:00 | Scanning film with a flatbed. | nomad (3693) | Press F1 |
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| 262781 | 2004-08-19 02:37:00 | > Try putting a mirror on top of the > transparancy/negative. It should reflect light back > through. Worth a try. ;) A mirror would be tricky due to its thickness. A sheet of white paper might give better reflectivity as well. Vince |
Vince (406) | ||
| 262782 | 2004-08-19 02:42:00 | Yes, a front-surface mirror would be best. A piece of aluminium foil (with no creases) would be pretty good. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 262783 | 2004-08-19 02:50:00 | I tried the mirror trick but the image came out even darker than without the mirror - impossible to make out any detail at all. I scanned at 150dpi which made a single frame in the negative 6MB - 300dpi made it over 100MB which my programme couldn't manage | Greg S (201) | ||
| 262784 | 2004-08-19 04:07:00 | If you place your negs/slides on the platen of the scanner then put an ordinaru sheet of computer paper on top then shine a light source onto the paper you will get a reasonable scan. Now I found that a piece of opaque plastic better than the sheet of paper and it holds the negs down. The trick is to experement with the light source. Either put a dimmer switch to the light or raise and lower it until you get a good scan. I HAVE FOUND THAT THE LIGHT SOURCE IS CRITICAL. Too much light or too little and the results are not good. I thought at the start that the brighter the light the better the result but this is not so. I use an ordinary 40 watt bulb in an anglepoise lamp about 18 inches from the platen and this works fine for me. I can proof 36 negs cut into strips 5 negs per strip and this works . Have fun. |
heaton (3697) | ||
| 262785 | 2004-08-19 04:13:00 | A white reflector is the ideal, and non-shiny is also desirable. Greg S, can you set your scanner software to scan only the desired area ? - it appears you may be scanning the entire bed (A4 ?). The first stage of most scanning software is usually to set this by dragging a frame around the required image. R2 |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 262786 | 2004-08-19 04:24:00 | >Greg S, can you set your scanner software > to scan only the desired area ? Yep - I scanned an area of exactly the size of the neg - approx 3cm square. I'll do some more playing around and post back later. If I can get this to work it'll be cool coz I have a bunch of negs sans photographs that I'd like to have in digital |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 262787 | 2004-08-19 04:30:00 | I note you are scanning negatives, not slides so you will need some software to produce correct colours. This feature may be available in Gimp or other major imaging software, but I have no idea how common or scarce it is. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 262788 | 2004-08-19 04:45:00 | Well after a bit of experimenting I just don't think my scanner's up to it. This (www.zu.co.nz) is the best I could come up with. | Greg S (201) | ||
| 262789 | 2004-08-19 04:51:00 | > If you place your negs/slides on the platen of the > scanner then put an ordinaru sheet of computer paper > on top then shine a light source onto the paper you > will get a reasonable scan. Can you just clarify... you're talking about placing the slide/neg onto the platen, cover off, and lay a piece of paper over the slide/neg, and shine an external light source down over the paper? |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 262790 | 2004-08-19 05:03:00 | > > Can you just clarify... you're talking about placing > the slide/neg onto the platen, cover off, and lay a > piece of paper over the slide/neg, and shine an > external light source down over the paper? Yes place your negs/slides unmounted on the platen with the lid up. Over the negs place a sheet of white paper or a sheet of opaque plastic. Shine the light onto the sheet of paper or plastic and set your scanner going. Some experimentation with the light source mecessary to get good results. |
heaton (3697) | ||
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