- Should I scan my film negatives?
- Posted by Discoduck on December 3rd, 2007
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I am cleaning house and would like to throw out my negatives (colour
and B&W). Can I scan my negatives, so that should I need to print
them again, the quality will be still be good? I'm reluctant to buy a
new scanner since I'm speaking of 50 or 60 negatives.
My scanner is an Agfa SnapScan E52
http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-Agfa-SnapScan-E52
Maximum resolution:
- optical: 1200 ppi horizontal x 2400 ppi vertical
- through interpolation: 9600 ppi horizontal x 9600 ppi vertical
- Internal sample depth: 16 bits for gray, 48 bits for color
- Posted by (PeteCresswell) on December 4th, 2007
Per Discoduck:
Short answer for me would be "Yes".
60 negs? Take them to a local photo shop and have them scanned by
equipment that's way beyond anything you or could afford.
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PeteCresswell
- Posted by CSM1 on December 4th, 2007
"Discoduck" <fornewsgroups@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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I would never throw away the original images. Surely you can find room to
store 60 negatives.
You can store the negatives in archival plastic sheets and a binder.
http://www.centuryphoto.com/servlet/OnlineShopping
Click on the Photo/Negative/Slide Pages in the menu on the left. Then
Negative Pages.
You can scan the negatives and keep them.
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CSM1
http://www.carlmcmillan.com
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- Posted by Discoduck on December 4th, 2007
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On Dec 3, 7:08 pm, "CSM1" <nom...@nomoremail.com> wrote:
yes, the are stored in such. I'm pretty keen on getting rid of things
i hardly use. I forgot I even had them and in fact I have several
hundred negatives, but throwing them all out and just want to
"keep" (scan) a few of the more sentimental ones.
Many thanks for your responses.
- Posted by Mark Kelepouris on December 4th, 2007
"Discoduck" <fornewsgroups@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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Keep them all still, ya never know......
Mark K.
- Posted by Cats on December 4th, 2007
On Dec 4, 12:50 am, Discoduck <fornewsgro...@shaw.ca> wrote:
Even if you are talking 50 or 60 films don't throw them out. Scan
them by all means, but keep the originals. So long as you store them
correctly (dark & dry) they will still be there when your hard disk
toasts itself.
