Re: scanning negatives

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From: Don Bryant (dsbryant@telocity.com)
Date: 05/28/01-07:23:09 PM Z

Jeffery,

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From: "Jeffrey D. Mathias" <jeffrey.d.mathias@worldnet.att.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: scanning negatives

> Don Bryant wrote:
> > ... Thanks for the informative post, but to do the comparison one must
have a
> > scanner capable of scanning film which I don't. ...
>
> An option could also be to turn off the lamp on your scanner (cut the
> power lead to the lamp and add a switch if you have to) and use a cold
> light (such as the one used with your enlarger, if you have such a
> thing). I have an HP-6300C and their optional 5x5 inch transparency
> lamp which works fine, but it is not 16-bit. And they do not make an
> 8x10 lamp, but then back to the enlarger cold light.

That is an idea I have'nt considered. I have an old IBM Idea Scanner perhaps
it would be worh a try.

Thanks,

Don Bryant

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