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June 12th 06, 03:48 PM
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Scanning Old Negative and Splicing
I would like to get a Canon LiDE 500F to scan some old
negatives. Unfortunately, almost none of them are 35mm. Most are bigger. Is it possible/practical to scan sections of them and then splice them together? 
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June 12th 06, 05:29 PM
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Scanning Old Negative and Splicing
"ecarecar" wrote in message
et... I would like to get a Canon LiDE 500F to scan some old negatives. Unfortunately, almost none of them are 35mm. Most are bigger. Is it possible/practical to scan sections of them and then splice them together? May be possible. But not practical. You might try the trick of puting your film on the scanner glass and putting a clean white sheet of paper over the film and scanning using the standard platen mode. It does not give the best result, but it is better that nothing. Here some web sites showing how to scan a transparency when the scanner does not have an adapter. http://www.afn.org/~afn11300/slides.html http://www.tom-elliott-photography.com/hp-scanner.html http://www.abstractconcreteworks.com...cklighter.html http://www.abstractconcreteworks.com...uoroflash.html -- CSM1 http://www.carlmcmillan.com --
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June 12th 06, 08:41 PM
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Scanning Old Negative and Splicing
CSM1 wrote:
"ecarecar" wrote in message news:H8GdnXoVtOFe4xDZnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@centurytel. net... I would like to get a Canon LiDE 500F to scan some old negatives. Unfortunately, almost none of them are 35mm. Most are bigger. Is it possible/practical to scan sections of them and then splice them together? May be possible. But not practical. You might try the trick of puting your film on the scanner glass and putting a clean white sheet of paper over the film and scanning using the standard platen mode. It does not give the best result, but it is better that nothing. Here some web sites showing how to scan a transparency when the scanner does not have an adapter. http://www.afn.org/~afn11300/slides.html http://www.tom-elliott-photography.com/hp-scanner.html http://www.abstractconcreteworks.com...cklighter.html http://www.abstractconcreteworks.com...uoroflash.html I like the third one. I have an old, old, scanner, so I'll give it a try on that one. What it is doing, I think is "collecting" light so as to simulate a light source above the film. So, I believe the optimum arrangement would be to put a sheet of paper over the film folded at a right angle with the hypotenuse (wow, haven't used that word in decades) 3 times the width of the film /\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / _____ \ A B C Kind of like the above except with a 90 degree angle instead of 45 or whatever. A, B, and C are equal distances Just a guess. Thanks for the tip.
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June 12th 06, 10:40 PM
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Scanning Old Negative and Splicing
CSM1 wrote:
"ecarecar" wrote in message news:H8GdnXoVtOFe4xDZnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@centurytel. net... I would like to get a Canon LiDE 500F to scan some old negatives. Unfortunately, almost none of them are 35mm. Most are bigger. Is it possible/practical to scan sections of them and then splice them together? May be possible. But not practical. You might try the trick of puting your film on the scanner glass and putting a clean white sheet of paper over the film and scanning using the standard platen mode. It does not give the best result, but it is better that nothing. Here some web sites showing how to scan a transparency when the scanner does not have an adapter. http://www.afn.org/~afn11300/slides.html http://www.tom-elliott-photography.com/hp-scanner.html http://www.abstractconcreteworks.com...cklighter.html http://www.abstractconcreteworks.com...uoroflash.html What about 35mm slides? Do you have to take them out of the cardboard carrier?
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June 13th 06, 05:17 PM
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Scanning Old Negative and Splicing
"ecarecar" wrote in message
et... CSM1 wrote: "ecarecar" wrote in message news:H8GdnXoVtOFe4xDZnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@centurytel .net... I would like to get a Canon LiDE 500F to scan some old negatives. Unfortunately, almost none of them are 35mm. Most are bigger. Is it possible/practical to scan sections of them and then splice them together? May be possible. But not practical. You might try the trick of putting your film on the scanner glass and putting a clean white sheet of paper over the film and scanning using the standard platen mode. It does not give the best result, but it is better that nothing. Here some web sites showing how to scan a transparency when the scanner does not have an adapter. http://www.afn.org/~afn11300/slides.html http://www.tom-elliott-photography.com/hp-scanner.html http://www.abstractconcreteworks.com...cklighter.html http://www.abstractconcreteworks.com...uoroflash.html What about 35mm slides? Do you have to take them out of the cardboard carrier? No. Only in very rare conditions. -- CSM1 http://www.carlmcmillan.com --
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June 16th 06, 12:38 PM
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Scanning Old Negative and Splicing
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:17:18 GMT, "CSM1"
wrote: "ecarecar" wrote in message news:CbSdnSSh05_aQhDZnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d@centurytel. net... CSM1 wrote: "ecarecar" wrote in message news:H8GdnXoVtOFe4xDZnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@centuryte l.net... I would like to get a Canon LiDE 500F to scan some old negatives. Unfortunately, almost none of them are 35mm. Most are bigger. Is it possible/practical to scan sections of them and then splice them together? May be possible. But not practical. You might try the trick of putting your film on the scanner glass and putting a clean white sheet of paper over the film and scanning using the standard platen mode. It does not give the best result, but it is better that nothing. Here some web sites showing how to scan a transparency when the scanner does not have an adapter. http://www.afn.org/~afn11300/slides.html http://www.tom-elliott-photography.com/hp-scanner.html http://www.abstractconcreteworks.com...cklighter.html http://www.abstractconcreteworks.com...uoroflash.html What about 35mm slides? Do you have to take them out of the cardboard carrier? No. Only in very rare conditions. -- CSM1 http://www.carlmcmillan.com I tried the fluorescent flashlight trick described in two of the above sites. Couldn't get it to work for me. Also could not find an email address for 'Betty'. Got no response from one of the others. Oh well....I tried. Jethro
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June 16th 06, 08:33 PM
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"Jethro" wrote in message
... On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:17:18 GMT, "CSM1" wrote: "ecarecar" wrote in message news:CbSdnSSh05_aQhDZnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d@centurytel .net... CSM1 wrote: "ecarecar" wrote in message news:H8GdnXoVtOFe4xDZnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@centuryt el.net... I would like to get a Canon LiDE 500F to scan some old negatives. Unfortunately, almost none of them are 35mm. Most are bigger. Is it possible/practical to scan sections of them and then splice them together? May be possible. But not practical. You might try the trick of putting your film on the scanner glass and putting a clean white sheet of paper over the film and scanning using the standard platen mode. It does not give the best result, but it is better that nothing. Here some web sites showing how to scan a transparency when the scanner does not have an adapter. http://www.afn.org/~afn11300/slides.html http://www.tom-elliott-photography.com/hp-scanner.html http://www.abstractconcreteworks.com...cklighter.html http://www.abstractconcreteworks.com...uoroflash.html What about 35mm slides? Do you have to take them out of the cardboard carrier? No. Only in very rare conditions. -- CSM1 http://www.carlmcmillan.com I tried the fluorescent flashlight trick described in two of the above sites. Couldn't get it to work for me. Also could not find an email address for 'Betty'. Got no response from one of the others. Oh well....I tried. Jethro A light table and a macro setup with a Digtial Camera can work. Or maybe a Slide adapter for a camera. http://www.adorama.com/Search-Result...copy%20adapter For $99-$150 you can buy a new scanner with a Slide adapter built-in. http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/co...categoryid=120 -- CSM1 http://www.carlmcmillan.com --
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