Re: scanning loooong negatives

Chuck Flagg wrote:> The scanner I have at school will scan up to an 8X10 in
the open masked area,
> it's an older Acer. The newer Epson only does 35mm and slides and has a
> stinky little light in the lid. My Acer has a 8.5 X 11 light up lid.
> I scan big negatives at school and send them home via email and stitch
them at
> home.

Here, I'd been holding back on admitting my scanner type because it's old
and funky and I was embarrassed of it. It's an Acer. I hate to get rid of it
because It'll scan just about anything. No holder required.

and Richard Heather wrote; "Cut the neg in 3 sections and scan them all at
once in the 5x7 window. Cut
and paste to a new image on the computer. Do you cut the negs to store them
in sleeves or do you keep the long roll?"

I understand what you're saying here. The scan would all be done at one
time. I hate to cut the neg though because it would cramp any future
old-fashioned-Mickey-Bayard-type darkroom manipulation that I might want to
do in the future. (Just kidding, Mickey) .
And the storage issue! I always cut and hang my negatives in pages. These
looooong negs are a problem. I figure I'll figure it out eventually and find
a way to lay them flat.

and Guy wrote, "In the
end, I took the negative to a specialized lab ..."

I'll probably end up doing this. Right now I've got a negative at my local
lab, just to see what they can do with it. I very much appreciated the links
to your images! And I never thought about the
light-leak-black-cloth-over-the-scanner thing. Thanks!

And Che Lawrence said, "i don't have the answer to your scanning problem,
but i'm glad you asked
because of all the photos that folks shared, they are beautiful!"

I agree. That's the best part! Thanks everyone for your input. I truly
appreciate it! If I come up with anything beyond what was mentioned here (
and I doubt I will) I'll post it. Gotta go check the prices of those special
scanning joints ... which will probably make me want to visit the grass
store... -Marcy

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