mysteryscribe
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Funny thing... and this might help someone else. I had to buy a new flatbed scanner my old one died. I finally bought a cannon lide25 because it was the cheapest one i could find. I figured I would use my home made backlight to scan negs.
I cut a 4x5 hole out of the center of a piece of water color 9 x 12 paper. I put it down on the scanner glass and began trying to adjust my back light. It kept burning up the negatives. Figuratively. So somewhere along the line I had the top up as I would have to use my back light. I had one thin piece of disfustion frosted plastic film over the 3x4 negative and I scanned it. It was a freak accident I tell you. The negative scanned perfectly. No back light at all. Just the illumination from the overhead light in the room.
I had to tweak it of course but it was better than any backlight I had used all day. So if you have a cannon lide at least the 25 you dont even need a back light to scan negatives. I haven't tried color yet since I'm not sure where a color neg is except in my old stuido files. Anyway thought you might be interested.
It is daylight now... I have no idea what it will do when the sun goes down and the room illumination is less. Or on a rainy day but for now it works pretty good.
I cut a 4x5 hole out of the center of a piece of water color 9 x 12 paper. I put it down on the scanner glass and began trying to adjust my back light. It kept burning up the negatives. Figuratively. So somewhere along the line I had the top up as I would have to use my back light. I had one thin piece of disfustion frosted plastic film over the 3x4 negative and I scanned it. It was a freak accident I tell you. The negative scanned perfectly. No back light at all. Just the illumination from the overhead light in the room.
I had to tweak it of course but it was better than any backlight I had used all day. So if you have a cannon lide at least the 25 you dont even need a back light to scan negatives. I haven't tried color yet since I'm not sure where a color neg is except in my old stuido files. Anyway thought you might be interested.
It is daylight now... I have no idea what it will do when the sun goes down and the room illumination is less. Or on a rainy day but for now it works pretty good.