Aren't glass negatives amazing! Being a amateur local historian and genealogist, I enjoy the challenge of trying to identify the people and places. I use an Epson V550 scanner, so I know what you go through scanning larger format negs. I was just placing them on the scanner bed, lining them up the best I could to get the greatest scan coverage, but I found that the glass could slide out of position when I lowered the scanner lid. I finally made negative holders out of an old cardboard box that hold negatives up to 5 X 7 inches in size still, and once I've scanned one part, I can just rotate the negative in the holder to run the second scan. I can scan negs faster and don't have to worry about them shifting. If I could post photos, I would include some of my scans and the holders I made.
I volunteer in the historian's offices in the town where I live. We have maybe 40 glass negatives . I found them in shoe boxes. I am working at getting them perservied.
A friend of mine showed me a box of glass slides today and I said that I will try and copy them. I simply put a white screen up on my laptop and laid the slide flat against the screen and took a picture of it. I simply reversed the neg in my photo software and was well pleased with the result.
Aren't glass negatives amazing! Being a amateur local historian and genealogist, I enjoy the challenge of trying to identify the people and places. I use an Epson V550 scanner, so I know what you go through scanning larger format negs. I was just placing them on the scanner bed, lining them up the best I could to get the greatest scan coverage, but I found that the glass could slide out of position when I lowered the scanner lid. I finally made negative holders out of an old cardboard box that hold negatives up to 5 X 7 inches in size still, and once I've scanned one part, I can just rotate the negative in the holder to run the second scan. I can scan negs faster and don't have to worry about them shifting. If I could post photos, I would include some of my scans and the holders I made.
I volunteer in the historian's offices in the town where I live. We have maybe 40 glass negatives . I found them in shoe boxes. I am working at getting them perservied.
A healthy obsession to have. Welcome to the club.📷
A friend of mine showed me a box of glass slides today and I said that I will try and copy them. I simply put a white screen up on my laptop and laid the slide flat against the screen and took a picture of it. I simply reversed the neg in my photo software and was well pleased with the result.
What software did you use?
I had a similar experience!