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ex · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 4:14 pm

Can you take film negatives, and develope them on your computer, the prices for developing is way too high these days, when half my pictures come out like shit anyway.

What I mean is, can I scan my negatives onto my computer, or something? Please help.

J Bradford · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 4:59 pm

HP offers a photo negative scanner. Stop over at your local CompUSA or similiar store and take a gander.

sacrelicious · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 5:08 pm

If you already have a scanner, you can buy a piece of equipment that serves as a backlight. You slide the negative in (or attach it some other way, i'm not sure) and then set the dealy-job on your scanner. I don't know what it's called, but my Dad has one. Check your local computer superstores or online listings.

ex · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 6:07 pm

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ex · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 6:46 pm

do you know the name of it, or who makes it, the attatchment to my scanner, i can't find it

Ian · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 6:54 pm

I've seen a thing like it at school. HOWEVER the negatives themselves do need to be developed beforehand. All you have to do is stick the already developed negatives which have been cut into frames of four each, into the machine thingie. Then it acts like a scanner and scanns them in. Be forewarned, when they enter photoshop, "EEP!" they're negative! A white layer on negative blend mode'll do the trick. Iv'e done it a few times, it's fun fun fun. Also, a lot of negatives of mine that I was absolutely stumpped with and I couldn't get ANYTHING out of them in the dark room. Showed up pretty nicely on the computer.

ex · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 7:08 pm

Maybe I should just make a darkroom? Or just fork over money to get the pictures developed? Because either way, i'll have to get them developed, like you said, I have to use the already developed negatives. So i'll be developing them to get them.

what should i do?

Thanks

Ian · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 7:16 pm

make a 'lil dark room.

ex · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 7:25 pm

hmm ...

i feel so stupid, i honestly, have no clue about the steps of processing film, i've looked on the internet before, but nothing was good, it was nothing for amatures, it was a whole bunch of information about how big companies do it. Like the 24 hour film places, could anyone help. and maybe even a possible price range?

(edit) Ok, I found some stuff, but is it possible to even make a small darkroom? This stuff looks EXPENCIVE! There is so much stuff i have to worry about. Is this going to be worth it?

[ April 28, 2001: Message edited by: ex ]

Dthind · member Member # Joined: 12 Dec 2000 Posts: 436

Developing black and white is fairly easy. It involves several chemicals, good air cirulation and at least one place that is Dark (hence the term Dark Room), to take the film from the canister to the developer tank.

The chemicals are expensive if you do one roll at a time. It is better to do several rolls in a single sessions. A decent community college is perfect for this.

As for printing black and white the process is similar to above, but not you need an enlarger. They are not cheap, and a cheap one will disapoint you.

My only other comment on a scanner for film negatives is get a very high optical dpi scanner. It is more flexible for your needs with higher dpi.

I loved doing my own developing and printing, but the college paid for most of it and supplied the enlarger and the various other devices that made it easy to do this.

If you plan on doing color film developing, I hope you are rich. Color printing (from developed negatives) is hard, but not impossible, but expensive.

File chemicals have a limited tolerance to heat and age (from when they are made or poured).

Good Luck

ex · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 8:11 pm

I would love to develope my own too. I'm more than satisfied with black and white.

Since I am using my dad's old 35 milimeter camera, I don't have to spend money on a new one. So that saves money for an enlarger and some chemicals. Do I buy the enlarger and chamicals on the internet?

I'm really clueless about this, and how do the pictures get from the film negatives to the paper? With the enlarger?

I can't use a community college, I'm not old enough, and you have to be a senior to use the dark room in the highschool. I'm a freshmen next year. Is it a good idea to put one in my closet?

-- Transcendent -- · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 11:32 pm

This makes so little sense.

Why not scan the negative in normally and then invert the colours in photoshop ?

'Nectarine- · member Member # Joined: 11 Mar 2001 Posts: 50

Transcendent: the negative has to be developed first before you see anything on it.

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