I recently inherit a number of old photographic negatives that are odd
sized. Several hundred.

I'd like to scan the negatives to see if I can use any of the photos
for genealogical research. The negatives are varying size, they aren't
35mm but much larger.

Can someone recommend a moderate priced scanner that I can get a
reasonable view of what these negative contain. If I decide that I
find worthy negatives I can always bring them to a professional studio
for replication.

I've seen lots of 35mm scanners but I need a special scanner for this
project.

Michael

If you want moderate price & quality, then go get an Epson 4870/4900 or
Canon 9950f.

regards.

On 23 May 2005 20:35:53 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>I recently inherit a number of old photographic negatives that are odd
>sized. Several hundred.
>
>I'd like to scan the negatives to see if I can use any of the photos
>for genealogical research. The negatives are varying size, they aren't
>35mm but much larger.
>
>Can someone recommend a moderate priced scanner that I can get a
>reasonable view of what these negative contain. If I decide that I
>find worthy negatives I can always bring them to a professional studio
>for replication.
>
>I've seen lots of 35mm scanners but I need a special scanner for this
>project.
>
Try an Epson 2990. It's moderately priced and for bigger negs you
don't need the extra "dpi" of the bigger Epson scanner.

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I like the Epson 4180 flatbed.

It scans at 4800 dpi and it scans 4 slides or 8 negatives at a
time.

And it is much faster than previous models. Your preview is
available almost immediately.

Of course you have to clean slides regardless. And you have some
control over your environment. A hepa?? filter in the room will
remove virtually all the 'stuff' that falls on your equipment.


On 23 May 2005 20:35:53 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>I recently inherit a number of old photographic negatives that are odd
>sized. Several hundred.
>
>I'd like to scan the negatives to see if I can use any of the photos
>for genealogical research. The negatives are varying size, they aren't
>35mm but much larger.
>
>Can someone recommend a moderate priced scanner that I can get a
>reasonable view of what these negative contain. If I decide that I
>find worthy negatives I can always bring them to a professional studio
>for replication.
>
>I've seen lots of 35mm scanners but I need a special scanner for this
>project.
>
>Michael

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news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I recently inherit a number of old photographic negatives that are odd
> sized. Several hundred.
>
> I'd like to scan the negatives to see if I can use any of the photos
> for genealogical research. The negatives are varying size, they aren't
> 35mm but much larger.
>
> Can someone recommend a moderate priced scanner that I can get a
> reasonable view of what these negative contain. If I decide that I
> find worthy negatives I can always bring them to a professional studio
> for replication.
>
> I've seen lots of 35mm scanners but I need a special scanner for this
> project.
>
> Michael
>
Depends on the size of the negatives as to what scanner is good and
economical.

If the negatives or no larger than 2 1/4 X 2 1/4 inches for the image area,
then there are several flatbed scanners that Canon and Epson make that will
work.

If the negatives are larger than 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches, then you would need a
more expensive scanner, that can handle 4 x 5 or 8 x 10 inch transparencies.

Again both Canon and Epson make flatbed scanners that will do the job.

Canon:
http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/con...categoryid=104

The CanoScan 8400F will do 2.6" x 9" (3 frames of 120 film).
The CanoScan 9950F will do up to 4" x 5" transparency.

Epson:
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/P...=yes&oid=-8172

The Epson Perfection 3170 PHOTO will do
2.6" x 9" Transparency Adapter built-in lid, 12 negative, 4 slide, 1 2-1/4"
or 120mm (medium format) capacity

Epson Perfection 4990 PHOTO will do up to 8" x10" transparency.
There are others in the Epson line that work also.

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On 23 May 2005 20:35:53 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> I recently inherit a number of old photographic negatives that are odd
> sized. Several hundred.
>
> I'd like to scan the negatives to see if I can use any of the photos
> for genealogical research. The negatives are varying size, they aren't
> 35mm but much larger.
>
> Can someone recommend a moderate priced scanner that I can get a
> reasonable view of what these negative contain. If I decide that I
> find worthy negatives I can always bring them to a professional studio
> for replication.


For rough work, you can build a light box and use a digital
camera to photograph the negatives. It works good enough to help
you decide images' worthiness, and to catalog them.


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tbl wrote:
> On 23 May 2005 20:35:53 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>
>>I recently inherit a number of old photographic negatives that are odd
>>sized. Several hundred.
>>
>>I'd like to scan the negatives to see if I can use any of the photos
>>for genealogical research. The negatives are varying size, they aren't
>>35mm but much larger.
>>
>>Can someone recommend a moderate priced scanner that I can get a
>>reasonable view of what these negative contain. If I decide that I
>>find worthy negatives I can always bring them to a professional studio
>>for replication.
>
>
>
> For rough work, you can build a light box and use a digital
> camera to photograph the negatives. It works good enough to help
> you decide images' worthiness, and to catalog them.
>
>

You could also put them in sleeves and use a flat bed to make "contact"
sheets. A bit more work, but easier to view in the end.

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J

www.urbanvoyeur.com

"UrbanVoyeur" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> tbl wrote:
>> On 23 May 2005 20:35:53 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I recently inherit a number of old photographic negatives that are odd
>>>sized. Several hundred.
>>>
>>>I'd like to scan the negatives to see if I can use any of the photos
>>>for genealogical research. The negatives are varying size, they aren't
>>>35mm but much larger.
>>>
>>>Can someone recommend a moderate priced scanner that I can get a
>>>reasonable view of what these negative contain. If I decide that I
>>>find worthy negatives I can always bring them to a professional studio
>>>for replication.
>>
>>
>>
>> For rough work, you can build a light box and use a digital
>> camera to photograph the negatives. It works good enough to help
>> you decide images' worthiness, and to catalog them.
>>
>>
>
> You could also put them in sleeves and use a flat bed to make "contact"
> sheets. A bit more work, but easier to view in the end.
>
> --
>
> J
>
> www.urbanvoyeur.com

The light box is a good quick way to decide if the negative is worth the
trouble to scan and reverse into a positive image. (Which the scanner will
do for you).

Plans for building a lightbox for about $50.
http://www.carlmcmillan.com/light_table.htm

Commercial model.
http://www.adorama.com/VRPLB12142W.h...0box&item_no=7

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I like the idea of a light box.
Come to think of it I still have an old one (aluminum on cardboard) that I
used to sequence my slides before inserting them in a carousel tray.
How do you use the digital camera to take a shot of the slide while it on
the light box?.
TIA

"UrbanVoyeur" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> tbl wrote:
> > On 23 May 2005 20:35:53 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I recently inherit a number of old photographic negatives that are odd
> >>sized. Several hundred.
> >>
> >>I'd like to scan the negatives to see if I can use any of the photos
> >>for genealogical research. The negatives are varying size, they aren't
> >>35mm but much larger.
> >>
> >>Can someone recommend a moderate priced scanner that I can get a
> >>reasonable view of what these negative contain. If I decide that I
> >>find worthy negatives I can always bring them to a professional studio
> >>for replication.
> >
> >
> >
> > For rough work, you can build a light box and use a digital
> > camera to photograph the negatives. It works good enough to help
> > you decide images' worthiness, and to catalog them.
> >
> >
>
> You could also put them in sleeves and use a flat bed to make "contact"
> sheets. A bit more work, but easier to view in the end.
>
> --
>
> J
>
> www.urbanvoyeur.com

Why would you want to take a picture of the slide, it is a positive image.
If you want to digitize the slide you need a film scanner.

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"Denis Marier" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I like the idea of a light box.
> Come to think of it I still have an old one (aluminum on cardboard) that I
> used to sequence my slides before inserting them in a carousel tray.
> How do you use the digital camera to take a shot of the slide while it on
> the light box?.
> TIA
>
> "UrbanVoyeur" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:2K2me.2185$615.45@trnddc08...
>> tbl wrote:
>> > On 23 May 2005 20:35:53 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>I recently inherit a number of old photographic negatives that are odd
>> >>sized. Several hundred.
>> >>
>> >>I'd like to scan the negatives to see if I can use any of the photos
>> >>for genealogical research. The negatives are varying size, they aren't
>> >>35mm but much larger.
>> >>
>> >>Can someone recommend a moderate priced scanner that I can get a
>> >>reasonable view of what these negative contain. If I decide that I
>> >>find worthy negatives I can always bring them to a professional studio
>> >>for replication.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > For rough work, you can build a light box and use a digital
>> > camera to photograph the negatives. It works good enough to help
>> > you decide images' worthiness, and to catalog them.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> You could also put them in sleeves and use a flat bed to make "contact"
>> sheets. A bit more work, but easier to view in the end.
>>
>> --
>>
>> J
>>
>> www.urbanvoyeur.com
>
>