Film scanning with a flatbed scanner.
I've been involved in my family's genealogy for several decades, off and on. The family tree is extensive and goes back to Charleston, SC in 1685. One of my pursuits in that direction is the digitization of an extensive print and film collection with items dating back to the 1940s. About ten tears ago, I attempted to begin using a Mustek flatbed scanner. That unit was okay for prints and general family documents but was not able to scan film. I removed the scanner's fluorescent tube and used a fluorescent flashlight to scan film with greater or lesser degrees of success. The next unit was a Microtek 5600. That unit could use an accessory to scan film. Eventually, I abandoned the scanner and the task. I acquired the accessory but was unimpressed. A few months ago, I found a Canon LiDE 110 at a thrift shop for a few bucks. The associated software was still available and installed readily. That scanner is a portable USB scanner that uses a personal computer's USB port fo