[UPDATE TO THIS POST: When trying the method below, I did not use any backlight, which I think will produce MUCH better results. Look for the results to be posted here in a future blog post! –Richard]

Today I decided to scan a negative in to our scanner here at the museum and see if it could handle negatives. Apparently not, so I’ll try bringing some of them to the PCHS and scan them there. In the meantime, though, I did get this image by inverting the values and messing around with the levels, using GIMP:

I’d like to see these pictures in full detail. So I’m looking into it…. 🙂