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Title: HP Scanner
Review: This scanner is a major disappointment. Scanned color slides are out of focus and too soft to enlarge beyond 4X6 prints. 35mm and 2.25X2.25 Scanned negatives contain distracting/ugly halos around the edges of ALL highlights that turn enlargements into waste paper. Only 4X5 negatives seem to live up to this scanner's reputation. Smaller B&W; negatives invariable show what looks like disturbing pre-exposure in the shadows. This turns prints into more waste paper.I have an extensive collection of 1970s professional sports negatives I planned to scan and print. Thus far, I've succeeded in getting nothing near the quality of straight prints from the orginal negatives. I permanently dismantled my darkroom some years ago and switched entirely to digital. My scans are so inferior I'll need to turn over any negatives I finally decide to enlarge to a professional lab.
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