RE: OT FLAT BEDS FOR LARGE NEGS

About five months ago I was asked to deal with about 15 very old 8 x 10
negatives of some historical importance. They had scratches, dirt, mold
marks, etc. First I tried making contact prints, using some contact paper I
had around, thinking I would then scan those. This worked OK but I thought,
why not scan the negatives. I have an Epson 1640 flat bed that will do up to
2700 dpi.
I soon learned that the emulsion side had to be next to the glass. But the
results were much improved over scanning the contact sheets and there was a
lot less time involved. Some of the negs were film and some glass. After I
photoshopped the images they looked very good. I gave the client a straight
print and a photoshopped print of the same image so that he could appreciate
my talent all the better ;-)
Client was writing a history of a symphony orchestra.

Bob Schramm
Check out my web page at:

  http://www.SchrammStudio.com

>From: Bob Kiss <bobkiss@caribsurf.com>
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>To: "ALT PHO PROC." <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
>Subject: OT FLAT BEDS FOR LARGE NEGS
>Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 10:47:09 -0300
>
>DEAR LIST,
> Here is another strange request from Barbados. I am working on 2,000
glass
>plate negatives up to 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 inches. I want to scan them and,
>needless to say, they don't wrap around a scanning drum very well! Does
>anyone know of a flat bed scanner that can take negs and transparencies
up
>to 8X10 inches? Or at least 6 1/2 X 9 1/2?
> As this is another of my strange OT requests please feel free to e-mail
me
>off list if you think this would not be of interest to others.
> CHEERS!
> BOB
>
>
>Please check my website: www.bobkiss.com
>
Received on Thu Sep 2 20:06:58 2004