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From: Mary Cervantes <>
Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Negative scanning
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:27:35 -0500
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Deloris,

Does the Epson scanner scan old negatives as well as new ones? I have a
pile of old negatives, some at least 80 years old. The scanners I
looked at in Staples had trays that would seem to hold only hold small
negatives you might get from 35 mm film, for example (or was the tray
for the slides??). I can barely make out the content on these old
negatives but they are family photos so I'd really like to scan and
print them.

I love your idea of printing them for your family and plan to do the same.

Mary Cervantes
Cincinnati

familyhistory wrote:

> Hello Pam,
>
> I am coming in late on this discussion on scanning negatives but I
> recently purchased an Epson scanner that scans both slides and strips
> of negatives.I scanned all my parents slides and am now in the process
> of scanning the negatives.
>
> I am going to put all these on CD's for my brothers & sisters.
>
> It was well worth the investment of $119 ($149 with a $30 coupon on
> Staples.com)
>
> Deloris
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: " Pam C." <>
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> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Negative scanning
>
>
>>> . You might want to check your light source as the problem with the
>>
>> color. A balanced light source is a must when dealing with color
>> slides or
>> negs.
>>
>>>
>>
>> I think this is the problem. The light I'm using is a tracing board.
>> When
>> I flipped the board over so that the light was direct instead of
>> through the
>> filter, I did get better results, but still not balanced. I'm going
>> to try
>> a "Reveal" bulb, and see if that does the trick.
>> Pam
>>
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