Can it be used to view old negatives?
1582016
Yes, that was one of the reasons I bought it. Great for pruning down ones you do not want anymore and getting them in an organized pattern.
1875452
This scanner will scan a color or black and white negative, and make you a digital .JPG (picture). You can then do whatever you want to with it. I have scanned negatives that I still have prints from, from the 1980's, and my prints from these scans are better than the originals from the 1980's. So yes it will scan them very well.
349866
It will scan to Mac. I can't 100% say for sure about black and white negatives as I haven't tried this. The slides we had were from the 60's and 70's so some of the negatives were faded and I thought the scan was accurate to the faded color of the slide
1299747
HI, it is possible to scan your old negatives. BUT, handle them with great care and align them without using the "slide holder". If they are wider than the holder unfortunately they will have to be cut down. Visit your local "STAPLES" etc and buy a piece of wafer thin clear Perspex, cut this to be the same size as the "slide holder", use 2 pieces and just trap the neg, use a bit of cellotape on the leading edge to hold the 2 bits together and this will act as a hinge to make it easier to load. Download "picassa" on your pc and you can then remove any dust or other marks from the negs. Have fun, anything is possible.
2200284
Yes, but you will have to create your own negative holder, or find a way to keep the negatives flat on the platen. If you have an old scanner with a smaller piece of glass that would be optimal to use to keep the 110 negatives flat. The automatic scanning setups will also not identify 110 negatives, but using the scanner driver, and the advanced settings you are able to identify the images by drawing a box around each, then scanning them as a batch.
486522
Since this does not work for older, larger negatives I ordered an Epson Perfection V500 from Amazon. Got it today and used it on some old 2.5 X 3.5" B/W negatives from the 1930's. Once I got it figured out it did a great job coverting directly from neg to pos with no extra software needed. I even enlarged some up to 8 X10 and printed them on plain paper and they came out great. Only problem is the precess is slow--about 3 min. per negative once you have it set up and it must be used with your computer. Hope this helps.
297075
I have been scanning strips of negatives. A negative strip has to be at least 3 frames long, but if you have only one negative there is a single frame holder that you can use. The scanner has setting for negatives or slides. The negatives I have done so far have turned out fine when downloaded to my computer. BE careful of your fingertips on the negatives, one scan had a nice thumb print on it. Hope this helps.
1222755
It works as well as with color negatives. What is really important is the negative condition, if is too old or has scratches
2200239
no.... it isn't made for that. It only scans slides, negatives and film strip. But it works really well for that.
651679
You would need a window (or mirror) so you can see the reflection of the image. The readout on the device is backwards.
1993074
Not very well. Slides and film are mounted into templates and pushed through the machine, with only 1" wide area exposed for the light to pass through and provide the digital image. Printed pictures of various sizes can also be processed by placing them on a glass plate like a conventional scanner. However I don't think this would work using a negative.
1881160
The viewer would work with b&w; negatives if the negative is housed in a frame, similar to a slide. The feeder mechanism is not designed for negatives in strips.
1910322
I know the mp980 has film guide for scanning negatives and slides. I believe it backlights them also (but I don't have it to know for sure).
2201522
There are two caddies that come with the scanner. One does normal slides and 35 mm negatives. The other one has an opening that is 2 1/4 x 8 1/2. I think you could do the slides there. I have used it for older over-sized negatives with good results.
409947
Yes, it should work - be aware - there are trays for SLIDES and trays for the old picture strip negatives - different holders for each.
269108
No... this machine is strictly for the capture of your old slides and negatives into digital format, a job that it does quite well.
1463697
Yes. When you load a color or B&W negative into the scanner, you see the image as a positive. During the setup, you must indicate whether you are loading negatives or slides (which are positive images). There is a bit of a learning curve to using the scanner - but nothing too terribly confusing. The instructions that come with it will walk you through.