Re: Scanning Negatives

Jeff,

I've had a Microtek Scanmaker 4 for a year or two and have been very
pleased with what it can do with film. It combines a conventional flatbed
above the scan light with a transparency shelf below the scan light. In
the software you pick whether you scan above or below. For the
transparency shelf, you get a glass holder with the scanner, and there are
optional glassless holders for 4x5, 120, 35 film, and 35 mounted slides. I
not only scan 4x5's for the web, but also down to 35mm for the web. I also
scan 4x5 negatives and transparencies for making up to 13 x 19 inch prints
which I prefer over my chemically processed prints of the same
negatives. The scanner and printer were a bit pricey, but have replaced my
4x5 enlarger. I believe Agfa has a similar model to the Scanmaker 4, and
there may be newer models and other brands now, but I'm not aware of them.

- Gregg

At 06:40 PM 9/16/00 -0400, you wrote:

> >Hello!
> >
> >I was thinking of upgrading my scanner, and was
> >hoping to get a unit that might be capable of
> >scanning 4x5 (b&w) negatives. Does such a thing exist?
> >Are other people here scanning negatives to
> >create positive "prints" for web pages?

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Received on Sat Sep 16 20:01:52 2000