james_elwing Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Anyone need to scan larger negatives? I have been asked what is a cheap-ish (flat bed?) scanner that can handle glass 1/2 plate negatives. (that's 164x120mm approx) Most of these scanners will only transmit top light to 60mm width for 120 film. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mag_miksch Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 with my Canon 9950F I scanned some glass plates, I dont remeber the exactly size, but it worked just fine, top light is about 200mm x280mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troyammons Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 The Epson 4990 will cover 8x10 but I would wait for the newer model to be released soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_noel1 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 The Microtek i900 will scan up to 8X10 negatives with its negative scanner, not on top of the flatbed. If the glass plates are 8x10 they will fit in the scanner without an additional piece of glass to interupt the image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen_friday Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 The Epson 2450 will scan 4x5 glass plates. I have done quite a few old glass plates on it. If you don't want to buy a new scanner, you might try using a light box on your current scanner. Take the neg and put it on the flat bed. Do not use the flat bed cover. Place the lightbox up side down over the negative and turn it on. Scan as a b&W document and convert to a positive in photoshop. If you don't have a big enough light box, I'd skip trying this. But if you have one, give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin carron Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I havc scanned half plate glass negatives using an Epson 3200 photo scanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_meader Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 If you try to use a lightbox, be sure it contains incandescent lights and not flourescents. Flourescents are flickering, too fast for our eyes to pick up, but slow enough for you scanner to see. You'll end up with an image full of black lines and totally useless. My UMAX Powerlook III does a good job up to 8x10. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_munoz Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Epson 4990, don't wait for the new one, it will cost more.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_elwing2 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Thanks, folks, much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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