Scanning very old negatives
Jul 10, 2019 15:05:58 #
If flatbed scans please you I'm happy for you. And what I really object to is your rejection of getting something done that requires some skills, by a $10/hour employee, not to mention the cost of the equipment they likely use.
Jul 10, 2019 15:33:49 #
Bill P wrote:
If flatbed scans please you I'm happy for you. And what I really object to is your rejection of getting something done that requires some skills, by a $10/hour employee, not to mention the cost of the equipment they likely use.
Grow up, Bill.
Jul 10, 2019 17:17:04 #
lewjp wrote:
I came across some old B&W negatives, probably from grandparents or older. The largest I found was 2.5" X 4". Can anyone recommend equipment for scanning such negatives -- without totally braking the budget?
Lew
Lew
Lightbox, DSLR or MILC, Tripod (I use a side arm).
Epson Scanner V700. I'm not sure you can get more than 2 3/8 inch wide with the V500 or V600.
Jul 10, 2019 17:25:30 #
SteveFranz
Loc: Durham, NC
I got a bunch of old B&W negatives from my brother's estate. I've got an Epson V550, and could scan with that, but the transparency adapter could not handle the width of some of those negatives. I cut some mat board and marked a scale on it, used some scrap glass as a cover to flatten the negatives.
Then I did two scans (right side & left side) then used Photoshop Elements panorama to stitch the the two scans together. Worked perfectly.
Then I did two scans (right side & left side) then used Photoshop Elements panorama to stitch the the two scans together. Worked perfectly.
Jul 10, 2019 18:00:33 #
Use a light box and a macro lens. Take several overlapping exposures and use Photoshop to recombine the images into one. In your case, 8 to 12 exposures. I use Photoshop cs5. Much better than any scanner I've ever had and I had some good ones! There are several "how to" articles on the web. It also does an excellent job of inverting the negative into a positive.
Jul 10, 2019 18:28:30 #
sgt hop
Loc: baltimore md,now in salisbury md
chikid68 wrote:
I use a lightbox and a dslr
me too...i have 2 xray viewers and use them....works fine
Jul 10, 2019 19:05:05 #
I have a question related to scanning old negatives. I still have my father's old 35mm negatives, dating back to 1935. I have no idea what speed 1935 film was, but I doubt if it was very fine grain. Is it always best to scan negatives at the maximum resolution of your scanner, or at some point are you just making the film grain more obvious?
Jul 10, 2019 19:05:07 #
domcomm wrote:
I have my father's old glass plate negs from WW! I used my Epson V500 scanner with great results. I've used a lightbox and camera in years past, but didn't get nearly the quality results of the scanner.
Jul 10, 2019 19:05:21 #
DWU2 wrote:
Jul 10, 2019 19:06:41 #
jerryc41 wrote:
That's a very good product that is often recommended. I've made thousands of scans with mine. The only problem was the external power supply "brick" that died. Replacing it was a minor expense.
That's a very good product that is often recommended. I've made thousands of scans with mine. The only problem was the external power supply "brick" that died. Replacing it was a minor expense.
Jul 11, 2019 02:53:03 #
lewjp wrote:
I came across some old B&W negatives, probably from grandparents or older. The largest I found was 2.5" X 4". Can anyone recommend equipment for scanning such negatives -- without totally braking the budget?
Lew
Lew
As others have mentioned, Epson scanners, Perfection series. I scanned several hundred of my grandfathers negs, I think the old size 127, with an Epson V500. The size of these 127s was slightly wider than the V500 scan strip, but in my case, it didn't matter to sacrifice a little sky orforeground.
I did have about a hundred historically significant ones scanned professionally in full size.
It does a great job, & easy to operate. Time is what you need a lot of.
Jul 11, 2019 08:16:30 #
I used a Canon CanoScan 9000F Mark II to scan more than 500 slides and 50,000 negatives over a period of six months in 2018. I did find that there was no adapter for 110 film with this scanner - at least none that worked for me (it may be a limitation of the scanner) - and purchased a Jumbl All-in-one scanner (which fits in the palm of my hand). I was able to scan in another 20,000 or so negatives with that. Whew! At least that's done and over with, but had I taken these to a pro shop to do - I would have had to sell my car!
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If you are interested in professional services - I strongly recommend Kodak. I had 23 16mm reels of film, some about 60 years old, processed by them in 2019 and they turned out great. Of course I had to store them properly through the years, but surprisingly they turned out way better than I could have hoped for. That's what professional services will do though - high quality.
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If you are interested in professional services - I strongly recommend Kodak. I had 23 16mm reels of film, some about 60 years old, processed by them in 2019 and they turned out great. Of course I had to store them properly through the years, but surprisingly they turned out way better than I could have hoped for. That's what professional services will do though - high quality.
Jul 11, 2019 09:27:20 #
Gilbert2019 wrote:
I used a Canon CanoScan 9000F Mark II to scan more... (show quote)
For odd sized negatives which I have hundreds of, I make a mask to fit a larger sized negative holder then crop prior to scanning in the preview
Works great.
Jul 19, 2019 20:17:09 #
mitchumky wrote:
The OP needs a scanner that has a light source in the lid so that the light will pass through the negative.Almost any flat-bed scanner will work. If your printer has a flatbed scanner, you are set to go. it’s all in the settings.
Set the resolution to at least 800dpi and the scan depth for “0”. Emulsion side of the negative facing the glass. Wear cotton gloves to keep the oils from your skin off the negative.
Set the resolution to at least 800dpi and the scan depth for “0”. Emulsion side of the negative facing the glass. Wear cotton gloves to keep the oils from your skin off the negative.
Jul 19, 2019 21:08:08 #
rehess wrote:
The OP needs a scanner that has a light source in the lid so that the light will pass through the negative.
It must be a film scanning capable scanner.
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