Should I scan my film negatives?
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From: Discoduck on 3 Dec 2007 19:50 x-no-archive: 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
From: (PeteCresswell) on 3 Dec 2007 20:50 Per Discoduck: >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 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. -- PeteCresswell
From: CSM1 on 3 Dec 2007 22:08 "Discoduck" <fornewsgroups(a)shaw.ca> wrote in message news:3b2c8d73-79a7-425c-84e6-5eca0848a04e(a)e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com... > x-no-archive: > 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 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. -- CSM1 http://www.carlmcmillan.com --
From: Discoduck on 3 Dec 2007 22:38 x-no-archive: On Dec 3, 7:08 pm, "CSM1" <nom...(a)nomoremail.com> wrote: > "Discoduck" <fornewsgro...(a)shaw.ca> wrote in message > > news:3b2c8d73-79a7-425c-84e6-5eca0848a04e(a)e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com... > > > x-no-archive: > > 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 > > 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 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.
From: Mark Kelepouris on 4 Dec 2007 10:43 "Discoduck" <fornewsgroups(a)shaw.ca> wrote in message news:4fc07c42-5935-44d4-a54f-81648061a3a9(a)e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > x-no-archive: > On Dec 3, 7:08 pm, "CSM1" <nom...(a)nomoremail.com> wrote: >> "Discoduck" <fornewsgro...(a)shaw.ca> wrote in message >> >> news:3b2c8d73-79a7-425c-84e6-5eca0848a04e(a)e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com... >> >> > x-no-archive: >> > 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 >> >> 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 > > 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. Keep them all still, ya never know...... Mark K.
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