Scanning old colour negs in a flat bed scanner?

Scanning old colour negs in a flat bed scanner?

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tight fart

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3,045 posts

279 months

Saturday 2nd May 2020
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I’ve got masses of old colour negs, it takes forever to go through them, that got me thinking is there a quick way?
Is there a way to view them from a flat bed scanner.
It would be a lot easier to pic the ones to then scan properly.
Just get a proof sheet type view on screen in colour not negative.

sgtBerbatov

2,597 posts

87 months

Monday 4th May 2020
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Mr Pointy

11,684 posts

165 months

Monday 4th May 2020
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You need a scanner with a transmissive cover, not just a reflective one, as the light needs to travel through the film to the sensor. Epson have a couple but you're looking at £200ish which is probably too much just for a contact sheet. Maybe a second hand one?
https://www.gumtree.com/p/printers-scanners/epson-...

Or try ebay.

Sparkov

120 posts

139 months

Monday 4th May 2020
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If it's just to get an idea of the images before scanning, I've found a white image displayed on a laptop or tablet screen as a background, and a mobile phone camera with the colours inverted is good enough as a preview.