Microtek makes a number of scanners with an 8 x 10 transparency bed,
and will scan negatives and do the inversion and orange mask removal
for you, but the transparency bed is on a tray inside the scanner so
you can't leave the negs in their acetate sleeves.
From a workflow (but not price) perspective you'd be best off with a
tabloid-size scanner that has the transparency light in the lid, so
that you can use it just like a photocopier: put a set of acetate
sleeves on the bed, squash them flat with the lid, and scan.
--Bill
> >I'm figuring I
> > could generate reasonable electronic contact sheets by placing
>the negatives
>> (b&w) in acetate sleeves and then scanning the page of sleeves and
>>inverting the
> > result.
>
>Well, you're gonna need a flatbed with full 8x10 or 8.5x11 tranny
>adaptor coverage.
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