Scan 8x11 negative

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Canon FS4000US film scanner can scan 35mm BW negatives, color print

film negatives and chrome slides at up to 4000 dpi. To scan Minox

8x11 negatives or Edixa 16 negatives, I made a provisional mask to

hold the 8x11 B&W negative strip or Edixa film strip.<div></div>

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Next scan<div></div>

[jeff_drew4]

I am just beginning to experiment with scanning Minox. Did your mask fit inside a

film strip carrier? In your previous scans there seemed to be fewer dust specs than

these pix - good pix but I just noticed the specs in the blacks.

[MTC Photography]

Jeff, I cut out about 8mm x 150mm slot in the center of a 35mm x 24cm mask to fit in the film slot. The dust removal software don't

seem to work on B&W.

[jeff_drew4]

Thanks for the tip. I'm thinking of that mask solution as well. I have heard from a

couple others that some of the anti-dust softwares don't work well with any silver

based B&W negs. I am hoping that the next generations of software address this.

[MTC Photography]

After experimenting with several different mask, I find the following

8x11 mask is simple and effective, with good registration.

 

Cut a piece of xerox paper, 70 mm x 200mm, fold in the middle,

then in the middle of the 35mm x 200 mm fold, use sharp razor cut

a narrow 8mm wide, 170mm long cut out. About 4mm to each side

cut a 9.6mm slit to hold the film strip.<p>

For long negative, insert both end of the film strip on two slits

for short film, insert one end is enough.<p><div></div>

[roger krueger]

Jeff: The dust removal software not working on silver-based negs is a fundamental issue

not likely to be resolved in software.

 

Dust removal works by scanning an additional infrared channel. E-6 and C-41 dyes are

transparent to infrared light, so any information that shows up in this channel is dust,

surface damage, etc. and can be marked for removal.

 

Since the silver in B & W film is NOT transparent in the infrared region, this just can't work.

It marks any image density as dust....

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For Minox transparency, I use 8x11 slide mount once made by Minox processing lab<div></div>

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Or Easymount made by Pegco<div></div>