Re: Slide and negative scanner recommendations

tony cooper wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:40:18 -0800, Roy Jose Lorr <Kenthz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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>>in Technicolor® wrote:
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>>>I have finally decided to get out those old negatives and slides and 
>>>scan them to digital for later videos, slide shows and prints.  I most 
>>>have 35mm, but I do have some of parents negatives from the 50's that 
>>>are larger format, like an old brownie style point and shoot camera
with 
>>>negatives about 2 to 3 inches in width.
>>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>Depends on the quality you expect in the end product.  There is an 
>>endless supply of info about scanners of every stripe, capable and not 
>>so capable, from the cheap to the ridiculously expensive that can be 
>>found on the net by using any number of search engines.
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> 
> This answer does not deal with the question.  The negative holders
> that are used in scanners usually accommodate 35mm size negatives.
> The OP is asking about holders available for wider negatives.  
> 
> Here's a discussion thread on the same subject:
> http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00C89t
 Some
> work-arounds are suggested.

The subject is too broad for me to cover it in a simple post to this NG.
I suggested the OP use a search engine which is what you did.