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Re: contact prints?

2002-11-06 by sceptre12345

Yes, I've tried this and it works. However, if your contact sheet is 
too dark, bring it into Photoshop and play with the middle slider in 
Levels.
Andre

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Austin Franklin" 
<darkroom@i...> wrote:
> Hi Steve,
> 
> I bought a tabloid size scanner, Epson 836XL, and use PrintFile 
film sleeves
> to store my film anyway, so I simply lay the sheet on the scanner, 
with a
> piece of glass on top of it, and use the transparency adapter, and 
scan
> them.  Works great.
> 
> Austin
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen Kobrin [mailto:skobrin@h...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 8:51 AM
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...
> > Subject: [Digital BW] contact prints?
> >
> >
> > How do people make "contact prints" when processing digitally.  
After
> > developing a few rolls of film, the thought of scanning each of 
the
> > negatives and producing a contact via PS is not an attractive 
idea.
> > Are there any realative cheap scanners around that can handle 36 
35mm
> > negatives?  Or any "universal" attachments that I could use with
> > scanners that I have access to?
> >
> > I apologize if this has been dealt with before, but a search of 
the
> > archives did not produce any hits.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Steve
> >

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