Imaging - analog and digital

 The actual scanning of the films occurred in two parts. The settings were used with both color and b&w film. 1. Useing the 'color positives' setting in the software. 2. Using the 'color negatives' setting in the software. This results in two sets of images. One set appears as ordinary photos, the other as negatives. The idea was to get as pure a recording of the film as possible. Accordingly, I turned off all automatic adjustments and effects. Two settings in the software proved useful, though. 'Exposure' and 'Fading Correction.' I don't know what the fading control does, but I know that some faded images improved quite a bit using that control. The prints were scanned using the LiDE, before the 8800f was purchased. The film was scanned using the 8800f. Only a few test samples of color slides were scanned. I've decided to get a slide scanner since there are approximately 300 slides to be scanned. That will have to wait. I finished the prints

 The Canon 8800f originally came boxed with accessory fixtures for scanning films of different types. I didn't want to spend $50 on eBay if I do without, so I developed workarounds. Scanners have CCDs that act like cameras. And like cameras, they have a focal length. Theirs is fixed. I read an interesting article on testing the focal length of scanners. That article gave me an idea. I got a piece of window pane glass and cut the glass to fit on the scanner glass bed, referred to as the 'Platen.' I did some test scans of old ruined negative film that had highly detailed, sharp etch marks that woiuld work as an indicator of level of detail. The window pane was placed on the platen and scans made at high resolution. The pane was removed and a similar set of scans made. The two sets were examined in the sharply deailed damage area of the film negative. The detail was clearer on the platen than on the pane. The glass window pane was kept as a way to insure the images were flat o