Re: Newbie: Negative Scanning Questions

Andrew Koenig wrote:
> >       I was interested in making digital prints from some of my old 35mm
> > negatives and am seeking some scanning advice.
>
>
> www.scantips.com
I've tried to scan my negs with the adapter on a HP Scanjet and found 
the results to be simply unacceptable. Focus a chief problem because the 
neg will never remain flat, contrast seems excessive (no detail in 
highlights) and color terrible.  I found that  great negs or slides 
appear terrible even with lots of correction/manipulation in photoshop. 
And scan times are excruiatingly long. I've set the image sixe to 4x6 
with 300 dpi, that's not demanding alot. The scanner defaults to flat 
bed and change from one preview to the next is about a 5 min  procedure. 
No not the way to go if you want to do more than a couple of shots for 
the web.
I've tried changing to a higher resoloution capture and 24 bit color but 
other than creating an excessive large file ( one at 2 gigs)no 
difference in image quality.