Re: [photo-3d] Scanning slides

["Dan Shelley" <dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Did you buy the scanner with the LightLid, or was it an accessory?

Accessory. It came with a small light "thing" that allows single 35mm slide 
or 4 strip of negative scans. I wanted the added benefit of the 5"x6" 
lightlid surface. Te whole deal is less than $200 now - lightlid included.

>Is there some sort of interlock that turns off the bed scan light
>when the lid scan light is on?

Yes, but it's not a physical, manual thing. You choose a scan mode in the 
scanning software and it turns on the appropriate light per your choice.

>I assume that it scans at the max resolution of the scanner,
>600 or 1200 dpi?

Yes, that is the maximum optical resolution.

>Would you try an experiment for me? Try scanning a roll of negs,
>color or B&W, and then inverse them. I know the color will not
>turn out great in this simple test but a more thorough procedure
>could be used if the test looks promising. I would love to have
>online contact sheets of my negs. Perhaps make a PDF of them
>when I got them all scanned.
>
>See http://www.interlog.com/~pinkster/photo/neg2pos/neg2posa.html
>to see how to convert color negs to positives. This really works,
>I've done it a bunch of times. Only problem is that he gives
>directions for an older version of PhotoShop. The same functions
>are still available but you will have to look around for them.

I will be glad to do that, but it might take me a little while to get to 
it... =)

Dan

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