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

["Laurie Solomon" <laurie@advancenet.net>]

Not really since in doing so you will be introducing a lot of stray light
for starters which may effect contrasts and how the scanner reads the
original, too much or too little light which may effect scanner exposures,
as well as possibbly uneven lighting.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of
> Charles Stirling
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 3:31 PM
> To: laurie@advancenet.net
> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Making contact sheets on a flatbed scanner
>
>
> ** 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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