SCANNING 35MM SLIDES AND NEGATIVES 61
SCANNING 35MM SLIDES AND NEGATIVES
Your 9420 OneTouch scanner is specially designed to scan 35mm slides and negatives. You can scan both positive and negative film images.
ABRIEF EXPLANATION
Your scanner has sensors that capture the image of the item being scanned. Those sensors are located in the body of the scanner. When you scan a paper item, the light in the bottom of the scanner shines up on the paper and reflects the paper’s image down onto the scanning sensors. If a 35mm slide or negative is on the glass, however, the light from the bottom of the scanner would shine up through the transparent 35mm slide or negative and would not reflect its image onto the sensors. That is why your scanner has a light in its lid. When you scan a 35mm slide or negative, the light in the bottom of the scanner turns off, and the light in the lid shines down through the film onto the sensors to capture the film’s image.
THE SCANNING MASK
The scanning mask that you received with the scanner has places for both 35mm negative film strips and 35mm slides.
The mask has three holders for 35mm slides.
The filmstrip holder is for 35mm negative filmstrips.
