Re: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets

2001-11-05 Thread Mike Duncan
I have a portable light table (light box?) that I use for viewing slides. This is a Just-Normlicht Mini, with 5 x 8 illuminated area and a 5000K tube. Suppose I lay a bunch of slides or negs on a flatbed scanner and put the light box (inverted) on top. Wouldn't this be sufficient to make a

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets

2001-11-04 Thread Rob Geraghty
This is a Just-Normlicht Mini, with 5 x 8 illuminated area and a 5000K tube. Suppose I lay a bunch of slides or negs on a flatbed scanner and put the light box (inverted) on top. Wouldn't this be sufficient to make a scanned contact sheet? No, the light isn't bright enough, and you'd have

Re: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets

2001-11-01 Thread Lloyd O'Daniel
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 5:11 PM Subject: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets subject that's been touched on this list before. i want to get a flat bed scanner specifically for making contact sheets for 35mm film. obviously it needs to be able to handle

Re: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets

2001-11-01 Thread Bud
I use an Epson Expression 636 Pro for full sheet contacts. Available from the Epson store (refurb) for $399. - Original Message - From: Jules [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 4:11 PM Subject: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets subject

RE: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets

2001-11-01 Thread Austin Franklin
, or a scanner with a transparency adapter? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Skip Williams Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 5:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets Has anyone ever tried to lay

RE: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets

2001-10-31 Thread Austin Franklin
ouch, that's about 7x more than i want to pay :) Are you looking to pay $80? They are coming down in price quite a bit from what I can tell (used that is). doesn't anyone make a cheap inaccurate transparency scanner? letter is okay for me, i just want to be able to fit 5 frames of 35mm at

Re: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets

2001-10-31 Thread Jules
- Original Message - From: Austin Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 1:40 AM Subject: RE: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets ouch, that's about 7x more than i want to pay :) Are you looking to pay $80? They are coming down

RE: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets

2001-10-31 Thread Austin Franklin
doesn't anyone make a cheap inaccurate transparency scanner? letter is okay for me, i just want to be able to fit 5 frames of 35mm at a time... 5 frames, as in frames 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, or 5 strips? If you mean 5 frames, hell, get a 1640SU. 5 frames in one strip. the 1640SU

Re: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets

2001-10-31 Thread Todd Flashner
5 frames in one strip. the 1640SU can't do that as the transparency unit is only large enough to fit a 3 frame strip. i'm keeping an eye out for tabloid scanners on ebay now. thanks much. ~j You'd be well served to get a scanner like Austin describes. I looked for a while then

filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets

2001-10-30 Thread Jules
subject that's been touched on this list before. i want to get a flat bed scanner specifically for making contact sheets for 35mm film. obviously it needs to be able to handle an 8x11 *transparency*. it does NOT need to have great color matching but does need a decent dpi. i have an epson

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets

2001-10-30 Thread Rob Geraghty
i want to get a flat bed scanner specifically for making contact sheets for 35mm film. obviously it needs to be able to handle an 8x11 *transparency*. it does NOT need to have great color matching but does need a decent dpi. Umax made a flatbed which had a drawer that took a whole film's with

RE: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets

2001-10-30 Thread Austin Franklin
:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets subject that's been touched on this list before. i want to get a flat bed scanner specifically for making contact sheets for 35mm film. obviously it needs to be able to handle an 8x11 *transparency*. it does

Re: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets

2001-10-30 Thread Jules
: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 6:35 PM Subject: RE: filmscanners: scanner for contact sheets I use an Epson 836XL tabloid scanner. It's 800SPI which is just fine for contact sheets. You really don't need high SPI for contact sheets...but what you do need is size! A 36 exposure 35mm contact sheet