[filmscanners] Re: Making contact sheets on a flatbed scanner

["Charles Stirling" <stirling@ndirect.co.uk>]

** Reply to note from filmscanners@halftone.co.uk Mon, 11 Mar 2002 11:46 +0000 
(GMT)

> I keep saying this : if some mfr would make a dedicated low-res
> (600ppi) contact printing scanner, capable of 6 strips on 10x8, or 4 @3
> 6x6 etc, they'd sell shedloads if the price was reasonable - say
> $300US. Nobody needs wonderful quality contacts, just reasonable
> colour and capable of 2x enlargement. David??! I'd buy one tomorrow!

Just a thought.  Couldn't a standard cheap flatbed scanner work by
taking out the light source and putting a light box on top of the negative
sheets?



Charles Stirling


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