What are you doing wrong? You're trying to scan film with a scanner that wasn't meant to scan film. Some flatbeds, like the Epson 3200 include a light in the cover that allows for scanning film. The results from that type of scanner can be quite acceptable, especially for medium format. However, you will never get decent results from a scanner that was designed for reflective art only. Paul
> I was looking at an HP scanner at the store today that advertised > '35mm adapter built in'. > The adapter was just a film strip holder that slid into grooves in > the scanners lid. > No light behind it, no gap between it and the lid, all it appeared to > do was hold the negatives flat and straight. > Soooooo... I figured heck, all I have to do is lay a strip of negatives > on the scanner glass and have at it. > So I tried just that with a strip of 4 good 6x6 Agfa Optima negs, the > result was less than impressive! > Even with the best exposed negs the result was just a total mess. > Dark, grainy, no contrast, no definition, nada! > This was done with the negs face up and down, at every setting I > could think of on my scanner. > I could 'invert' the scan and compensate for the mask color OK > but could get nothing usable at all from the image. > I scanned at 300, 600 and 1200 DPI on my HP 750xi and > brought the result into PS CS for editing. > > I'm obviously having a brain cramp here, could anyone please > enlighten me as to what I'm doing/thinking wrong? :-( > > Don >
