Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/10

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Subject: RE: [Leica] digital contact prints?
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 23:15:21 -0500

> I'm a bit curious how others examine their negatives to determine
> which ones to print.  Do you scan them and make a digital contact
> sheet?   Or scan and examine in Photoshop?

Hi Richard,

I bought an Epson 836XL tabloid size scanner.  I store my film in either
PrintFile or ClearFile three ring sleeves, so I can simply lay the entire
sleeve on the flatbed (using the transparency adapter), with a glass sheet
over it to make it flat (just like in a darkroom), and scan at 800 SPI
(Samples/Inch), and I now have a digital contact sheet.  I can then print
that any size I want, or simply look at it in PS as you suggest.

Regards,

Austin

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