Thanks!, Vic. My Microtec E3 is starting to show its age and low resolution (300dpi), so I guess I'll spring for a new HP. Carl Sachs Victor Adams wrote: > > Carl, > > I don't have a negative adapter for my scanner, so I turn my light box upside down on top of the negative on the scanner. I admit that there are disadvantages to this method: > > 1) The negative must lay perfectly flat, but with glass plate this should not be a problem. > > 2) The light box light seems to be a little too blue, so I usually have to color rectify, but I always check the color anyway, and I'm guessing your glass plate negatives are black and white. Still you might need to suck any stray color out of the scan that the light box might have introduced. > > In conclusion I would recommend to anyone to get a negative adapter if they can afford it, but for glass plate negatives you might try this. > > Vic Adams > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carl Sachs" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 5:00 PM > Subject: [SP] HP-3570 > > > [3] Should it be possible to scan old 8" x 10" and 5" x 7" > > glass plate negatives using a 12" x 12" light box as the > > transmission source, instead of the included film strip and > > slide light source?