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Aren't some glass negs quite dense? That may make them hard to scan. An option would be to use a lighbox and setup a DSLR to capture the slides, like you would do with a copy neg. You could get over the denseness of the negs by just lengthening your exposure.
How many has he got to scan?
Quote: Aren't some glass negs quite dense?
You should treat them as slides and backlight them. I have an old Espon scanner with backlit neg/slide scanner attachment. It works well.
Quote: Aren't some glass negs quite dense?
Hence my question.
Modern flatbeds are quite versatile - don't expect perfection out of the gate but - if someone has a reasonable one that can scan at a good optical resolution, then it has to be worth a first try... if only to set a peg in the ground so as to understand where to go next.
Flatbed scanner. Epson V700, not the cheapest but does up to 8x10, the older 2450 would do 4x5 inches, there may be some cheaper ones now that would do medium format, but not larger plates.
I haven't scanned very many plates, but haven't had a problem either.
They might have been a bit later than 1890, but not much more than 1900.
Photographing on a lightbox might do it, haven't tried though.
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