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Oct 4, 2017 23:20:22 #
i have a large number of negatives that i need to digitize so i do not want to use a service what are current recommendations on equipment to use
Oct 5, 2017 08:36:37 #
I use an enlarger that I removed the lightbox/lens housing from. I mount a tripod head where the lightbox was and fit my camera with macro lens to it. I then put the negatives/slides onto a lightbox I bought for a fiver. Thus I shine daylight corrected light through the negative/slide and photograph it. I get great results.
I have just completed copying and restoring ninety one glass plate negatives for a local history society. Those negatives are over a hundred years old. The most surprising thing with them is that they have survived at all.
I have just completed copying and restoring ninety one glass plate negatives for a local history society. Those negatives are over a hundred years old. The most surprising thing with them is that they have survived at all.
Oct 5, 2017 09:01:56 #
B&H has an article on scanning without a scanner:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-and-solutions/scanning-without-scanner-digitizing-your-film-dslr
Check it out.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-and-solutions/scanning-without-scanner-digitizing-your-film-dslr
Check it out.
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Oct 5, 2017 09:51:08 #
The Epson scanners less that $200 do an excellent job... they do a two-pass operation where the first pass checks for dust and scratches and the second pass scans while removing the D & S. Does a very good job. I have the V650.
Oct 5, 2017 13:29:47 #
I have used a Canon 9000F Markll for years with no problems at all. It comes with negative and slide carriers. $178.99 on Amazon.
Oct 5, 2017 14:32:09 #
In 2010 I scanned 3,517 rolls of B+W. Color Neg and slide with an Epson Perfection V700 Photo scanner. It took one complete winter to do, but I have it all saved twice. I also have the NIKON Coolscan 5000 which I used on the really good stuff.
Oct 5, 2017 18:11:26 #
dalydot wrote:
i have a large number of negatives that i need to digitize so i do not want to use a service what are current recommendations on equipment to use
I have done thousands of prints, negatives and slides of all formats on a Epson scanner. They come out great. Many times better than the faded original with the builtin software.
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