HellO:
I recently started scanning my 35mm negatives with my flatbed scanner (it's an Epson Perfection 3170 Photo). I've had good results from my medium format negatives, but I'm finding these little buggers to be rather challenging.
My biggest problem is the "longitudinal curl". Some (not all) of my strips have curled from top to bottom. This obviously introduces various kinds of shape and light distortion. I've gone ahead with most of them, but have had to delete many promising scans.
At times I've tried to rectify the problem with clear cellophane tape, but it sometimes confuses the scanner, or "pops up" in between the preliminary and final scans.
All of my negatives are stored in the same fashion, including the perfectly flat ones, so I don't think that's the problem.
Just curious to know if this has happened to anyone else and, if so, what you've done to both prevent and correct the problem.
You can see examples of my scans here: Photos from the Ante-Pixelian Age
Thanks,