Epson KX700 Printer/Scanner

I purchased a Kx700 and am fairly pleased with it as a printer, today I
though "I wonder what it's like scanning negatives" - I got out some old 35
mm (Olympus OM2) negatives and tried - it was hard - even though the manual
claimed to be in English, it didn't have sufficient detail to tell me how to
proceed. Finally, I now have a scan from a negative but its quality is
simply appauling! I have never taken such a poor picture (even on a box
brownie!).

Is this all I can expect, or is there something I have done wrong? Please
advise!

Roger

There must be a reason that there is a market for dedicated film / slide
scanners whose prescan gives about the quality of a final on a flatbed
scanner. I think the only thing you have done wrong was to expect
professional results.


"Roger Matthews" <rfm.DeleteThis@aber.ac.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>I purchased a Kx700 and am fairly pleased with it as a printer, today I
>though "I wonder what it's like scanning negatives" - I got out some old 35
>mm (Olympus OM2) negatives and tried - it was hard - even though the manual
>claimed to be in English, it didn't have sufficient detail to tell me how
>to proceed. Finally, I now have a scan from a negative but its quality is
>simply appauling! I have never taken such a poor picture (even on a box
>brownie!).
>
> Is this all I can expect, or is there something I have done wrong? Please
> advise!
>
> Roger