Lea... What you need is a little Zen
Good music, (Or a good audio book) good coffee and an immense amount of
patience is the immutable fact of scanning...
Whatever you do it's going to take T I M E Devote a full day to it
and relax into it You'll be surprised how many you'll get done.
By the time you've tested a few enlarger lenses, got the light even,
colour corrected till you're blue in the face (If they're colour negs)
spent ages lining the negs up etc. You may as well have just sat there
and done the job with the Nikon scanner (Which does a great job,
especially if you're using Vuescan. the software is $40 for the
standard version and $80 for the Pro version (The standard is fine
unless you have thousands of scans to do)
Herschel
Lea Murphy wrote:
I have borrowed a scanner from a friend. A Nikon Coolscan V ED.
It seems to be doing a lovely job but is quite slow. I'm doing 35mm negs.
Do I recall correctly that some on this lis have used a lightbox and
macro lens to 'scan' negs?
If so, would those who have done it share tips and tricks for getting
the best images?
I'd like to do several hundred negatives over the course of a year or
so. Most if not all will be in black and white.
Thank you.
Lea
life is short. photograph it.
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