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Re: contact prints?

2002-11-06 by sceptre12345

Oops, sorry, I meant I've tried it with a flatbed without the 
transparency adapter. The contact sheet will probably be too dark. 
There is where you need to use the middle slider in Photoshop.

Dont expect lab quality contact sheets though with this method.
Andre

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "sceptre12345" 
<am1000@v...> wrote:
> 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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