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[fallenoncrack]

My parents want a very easy to use scanning device to scan their old negatives from back in the 60s &amp; 70s. Has anyone had any luck with any PC products to do this?

 

[DesignDawg]

Yes. I use slide scanners regularly. Polaroid makes decent ones. Very easy to use.

BTW, SOME flatbed scanners have a little place on the lid to place negs to scan them. I wouldn't go that route, if I were you.

Ricky
DesignDawg

 

[nateholtrop]

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Nate

 

[ddiccico]

I wouldn't use a flatbed scanner or a flatbed with slide adapter. They don't have enough resolution, and the scans look like crap. If they have a lot of negatives and/or slides to scan they should probably buy a slide scanner.

Here's an example of one (I'm not endorsing it, it was the first pic of one I found). The slide scanner in our lab has an adapter for negatives. You should be able to select the image type as negative, or you can scan into photoshop and invert.

 

[fallenoncrack]

thanks guys for the input!

 

[stonerdave]

hey, a lot of colleges and universities have slide scanners.

i'm just assuming you don't want to buy one, these things cost some loot.