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From: " Pam C." <>
Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Re: OHGALLIA-D Digest V05 #61
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 16:11:02 -0700
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I have an older scanner...it was originally designed for Windows95. It
actually scans beautifully, and I can adjust the resolution up to 1200dpi,
so that's not a problem. The problem is the light balance/color, to get the
image to look right. I've done okay with the brightness/contrast, but I'm
still getting scanned images that are very red. I'm trying to think back to
my high school days...in light, doesn't green balance red?
Pam
----- Original Message -----
> Hi,
> There is one good way to scan in your old 35mm negs & Slides as well as up
to
> 5X7 prints. HP made this as model PhotoSmart Scanner S20. They are not
being
> made now but are advertised on Ebay and other places. HP told me that I
can
> get an updated driver for Windows XP for it to download. I have one and it
does
> a superb job of enlarging the 35mm slides and negs. That's the problem
with
> most of the other scanners that they don't have the resolution to enlarge
and
> retain the quality of the negs and slides. I too, have a regular scanner
with an
> adapter for the light coming from the top to illuminate the slides and
negs.
> It does not do near as good a job as the S20 on scanning. I admit that I
> always want the best resolution I can get when it comes to negs and
slides. There
> have been many articles on the Internet about this subject and it is
always
> good to find such information. Larger negs and slides don't require as
much
> enlargement and do much better in regular scanners. For Pam I think you
will find
> that the quality of the light used will have a big effect on the color of
the
> slides. Even light boxes for viewing slides and negs has to have a real
good
> color balanced light to render the slides and negs as they are.
> Best wishes,
> Tom Powell

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