All the scanners I have looked at seem to be for 35mm only
2007-01-02 05:54:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Scanners
That is a pretty large negative! As you mentioned, most scanners are equipped to handle 35mm film or color slides, but nothing that large.
You can try one of two things:
1) Find a flatbed scanner that will scan 35mm film, but which holds the negative in a special plastic folder. (If it pulls the negative in through a special slot, you probably cant do this).
Simply set it up to scan the first 3.5cm by 8cm of the negative. Next, scan the other 3.5cm by 8cm of the negative. You will now have two scanned images, each holding a little more than half the full image. Find a graphics software that allows you to join the two parts of the image together.
For example, Canon's software for their PowerShot cameras comes with a thing called "PhotoStitch" that will join up multiple pictures together if it finds a "common seam" in the photos.
2) Take the negative to a photographer or "WalMart" or some place that does photo development. Get them to make you one real phot from the image. It may cost a few bucks. Then you can put that photo in the scanner, and scan it in to be used online as a jpeg or bmp (or other). They may even be able to save the image for you on CD so you don't have to scan it again yourself.
2007-01-02 06:04:57 · answer #1 · answered by SteveN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My old Epson RX500 would scan negatives to A4 size. I think the latest equivalent is RX640 around £200 on Epson site
2007-01-02 06:05:40 · answer #2 · answered by Startrekforever 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some scanners have an ekstra ligth source in the "hud" and they can
scan your negativ.
bedst regards
2007-01-02 06:15:14 · answer #3 · answered by Knud P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋