Re: color negatives

George Holmes (mailto:george.holmes@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU)
Wed, 24 Jul 1996 17:10:02 -0700

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Date:         Wed, 24 Jul 1996 17:10:02 -0700
From: George Holmes <mailto:george.holmes@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject:      Re: color negatives
To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB

Hey,  I'll try it tommorow.  We just obtained a Minolta QuickScan 35 and
it's a beaut but so far I've only done slides on it.  I'll get some negs
and give you an opinion soon.

>
>
>>>I've been told that NO scanner can successfully scan color negatives. Does
>>>anyone have any experience refuting this claim?
>
>Several people have posted that some scanners can, indeed, scan color
>negatives. Our AGFA with its transparancy adaptor, and our new HP Scanjet 4C
>are SUPPOSED to be able to do this, but in fact they do not. The AGFA images
>come out bluish, and it apparently has something to do with the orangish
>color of the emulsion on color negs.
>
>What I am really trying to find out if anyone has SEEN images scanned from
>color negs, and if so, what kind of scanner was used.
>
>Thanks.
>Victoria Yturralde
>Photographic Archivist
>Calif. Dept. of Parks & Recreation

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