The finest original Deadball Era color image I have seen yet! 1914 World Tour Sphinx

[GKreindler]

Unbelievable. I had to really give this a long and hard look before I was convinced that it was hand tinted and not an actual color slide. All of the nuance of color in the Sphinx is just sooooooo top notch. And I love seeing all of the different colors the artist used for the local people, in addition to the ballplayers.

Just absolutely amazing. I'd certainly love to paint it someday.

[OLDBILL]

Jim,
I sent you an email re: transparency scanner.

[irishdenny]

The Canon 9000F comes with the 3 'Film Guide Mounts' ...
None of them are specific to Your Film Size. Howevar, It is the Best that I found to make Photo's from Negatives. I went through 3-4 Suggested Makes and Models before I Chose What I thought was the Best. Wit the Canon 9000F, along wit a Handmade Mount (this is Not a Difficult task, once You see the mounts that come wit the Scanner, You'll See that they are just made out Plastic that hold the Negative above the Glass, Easy!)
I'm sure You can work Magic wit This Century ole' Beauty

Can't wait to see Your Finished Photo!!!

[Piratedogcardshows]

Very nice. What a game to have been at!

[Jobu]

Great image!! It doesn't get much cooler than that for a baseball scene.

To scan these negatives (3.0" x 4.25"):

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...highlight=1904

I bought an Epson 4990. You can get them used for $100-$150 on Ebay if you are patient. There are newer models (Epson v700 and v800 I think) that can also scan larger negatives, but they are considerably more expensive. Most scanners won't work. You might find a local photo expert (run of the mill places won't have the right equipment), but this will probably cost about the same as buying an Epson 4990.

[Bpm0014]

Bryan are you ever going to make a picture from these 1904 Pirates negatives? If so I would love to buy one. I live in Pittsburgh and would love to hang one up in my office...

[T206Jim]

Here are the scan results, I appreciate all the help with scanner recommendations.

Sphinx-2400-DPI.jpg


Sphinx Epson 1200 dpi crop.jpg