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Can I make my own Transparency Adapter for a Scanner?
I inherited several hundred old negatives, they are some funky format,
about 2 1/2 inches by 4 3/8 inches. I looked into having a commercial service scan them, but they want $2 per negative. Epson has a scanner (the Perfection V300) that has a negative adapter, I can pick one up for about $60 (actually Santa can pick one up, Santa's been bugging me to put something under $400 on my Christmas list), the problem of course is that their negative adapter only works with 35mm film. The folks at Epson thought I could easily create my own template so that the scanner could scan these negatives. I have had a variety of scanners in my life, so I'm quite familiar with them, but have never owned one that could scan negatives, so I don't know if the advice from Epson is actually correct. On newegg.com, folks who are using this scanner on 35mm negatives are pleased with the quality; it does 4800 dpi optical resolution and they claim 48 bit depth. Yes, I know that for $60 I'm not going to get the quality of an $800 scanner, but I simply can't afford that much quality grin. And, if I find any negatives that are absolutely stunning, I can take those for a more professional treatment. Does anyone have an Epson Perfection V300, and can comment on whether they think I could modify it to scan my negatives? Maybe general comments about what the setup is - how do low-end scanners scan negatives? I'm thinking that if it's just a matter of (gently) dropping the negative onto the flatbed and scanning the sucker, I can do that. But if it's something where the negative has to be held at a precise distance above the flatbed (or whatever), then the odds of me being able to create my own precise template diminish greatly. Thanks! Chris |
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Can I make my own Transparency Adapter for a Scanner?
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:38:57 -0800 (PST), Chris Shearer Cooper
wrote: I inherited several hundred old negatives, they are some funky format, about 2 1/2 inches by 4 3/8 inches. I looked into having a commercial service scan them, but they want $2 per negative. Epson has a scanner (the Perfection V300) that has a negative adapter, I can pick one up for about $60 (actually Santa can pick one up, Santa's been bugging me to put something under $400 on my Christmas list), the problem of course is that their negative adapter only works with 35mm film. The folks at Epson thought I could easily create my own template so that the scanner could scan these negatives. I have had a variety of scanners in my life, so I'm quite familiar with them, but have never owned one that could scan negatives, so I don't know if the advice from Epson is actually correct. On newegg.com, folks who are using this scanner on 35mm negatives are pleased with the quality; it does 4800 dpi optical resolution and they claim 48 bit depth. Yes, I know that for $60 I'm not going to get the quality of an $800 scanner, but I simply can't afford that much quality grin. And, if I find any negatives that are absolutely stunning, I can take those for a more professional treatment. Does anyone have an Epson Perfection V300, and can comment on whether they think I could modify it to scan my negatives? Maybe general comments about what the setup is - how do low-end scanners scan negatives? I'm thinking that if it's just a matter of (gently) dropping the negative onto the flatbed and scanning the sucker, I can do that. But if it's something where the negative has to be held at a precise distance above the flatbed (or whatever), then the odds of me being able to create my own precise template diminish greatly. Won't work. For negs and slides the light source is in the lid, not underneath. |
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Can I make my own Transparency Adapter for a Scanner?
Sorry, you lost me somewhere. The scanner I mentioned (Epson
Perfection V300) is set up to scan 35mm negatives, so whatever voodoo is required to scan negatives (light source in lid) must be there, yes? Are you indicating that in addition to having the light source in the lid, the negatives get loaded into some different place (rather than just laying them on the flatbed surface)? And that therefore I would not be able to modify it so my large format negatives fit? Thanks, Chris |
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Can I make my own Transparency Adapter for a Scanner?
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:38:57 -0800, Chris Shearer Cooper
wrote: I inherited several hundred old negatives, they are some funky format, about 2 1/2 inches by 4 3/8 inches. I looked into having a commercial service scan them, but they want $2 per negative. Epson has a scanner (the Perfection V300) that has a negative adapter, I can pick one up for about $60 (actually Santa can pick one up, Santa's been bugging me to put something under $400 on my Christmas list), the problem of course is that their negative adapter only works with 35mm film. The folks at Epson thought I could easily create my own template so that the scanner could scan these negatives. I have had a variety of scanners in my life, so I'm quite familiar with them, but have never owned one that could scan negatives, so I don't know if the advice from Epson is actually correct. On newegg.com, folks who are using this scanner on 35mm negatives are pleased with the quality; it does 4800 dpi optical resolution and they claim 48 bit depth. Yes, I know that for $60 I'm not going to get the quality of an $800 scanner, but I simply can't afford that much quality grin. And, if I find any negatives that are absolutely stunning, I can take those for a more professional treatment. Does anyone have an Epson Perfection V300, and can comment on whether they think I could modify it to scan my negatives? Maybe general comments about what the setup is - how do low-end scanners scan negatives? I'm thinking that if it's just a matter of (gently) dropping the negative onto the flatbed and scanning the sucker, I can do that. But if it's something where the negative has to be held at a precise distance above the flatbed (or whatever), then the odds of me being able to create my own precise template diminish greatly. Thanks! Chris Know this is dated but here is what I know. If the scanner you are talking about is anything like my Perfection 1660, this scanner will not work for you. It has a limited area (35mm) that works for negs/transparencies. Additionally they are set up to recognize either film or slides on a specific spacing. Recently spoke with Epson and they said their V700 model could handle full bed negs/transparencies. Don't know personally but that is what I was told. Mickey --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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Can I make my own Transparency Adapter for a Scanner?
"Mickey" wrote in message news On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:38:57 -0800, Chris Shearer Cooper wrote: I inherited several hundred old negatives, they are some funky format, about 2 1/2 inches by 4 3/8 inches. I looked into having a commercial service scan them, but they want $2 per negative. Epson has a scanner (the Perfection V300) that has a negative adapter, I can pick one up for about $60 (actually Santa can pick one up, Santa's been bugging me to put something under $400 on my Christmas list), the problem of course is that their negative adapter only works with 35mm film. The folks at Epson thought I could easily create my own template so that the scanner could scan these negatives. I have had a variety of scanners in my life, so I'm quite familiar with them, but have never owned one that could scan negatives, so I don't know if the advice from Epson is actually correct. On newegg.com, folks who are using this scanner on 35mm negatives are pleased with the quality; it does 4800 dpi optical resolution and they claim 48 bit depth. Yes, I know that for $60 I'm not going to get the quality of an $800 scanner, but I simply can't afford that much quality grin. And, if I find any negatives that are absolutely stunning, I can take those for a more professional treatment. Does anyone have an Epson Perfection V300, and can comment on whether they think I could modify it to scan my negatives? Maybe general comments about what the setup is - how do low-end scanners scan negatives? I'm thinking that if it's just a matter of (gently) dropping the negative onto the flatbed and scanning the sucker, I can do that. But if it's something where the negative has to be held at a precise distance above the flatbed (or whatever), then the odds of me being able to create my own precise template diminish greatly. Thanks! Chris Know this is dated but here is what I know. If the scanner you are talking about is anything like my Perfection 1660, this scanner will not work for you. It has a limited area (35mm) that works for negs/transparencies. Additionally they are set up to recognize either film or slides on a specific spacing. Recently spoke with Epson and they said their V700 model could handle full bed negs/transparencies. Don't know personally but that is what I was told. Yes, the lightsource if full width in the lid, and full lengh. I have one and regularly scan medium format film, slides and strip. Also, you can actually just place the negs/film on the glass,. Eddie Mickey --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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