Epson 1650 can't find B&W negatives (usually)

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Cad Lackey <whatthe@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns951985A29ECD9icantstandmyself@198.80.55.250:

> When I'm scanning B&W 35mm negatives on my 1650, it typically can't
> find the frames on the negative, especially if the background of the
> photo is dark and it's hard to tell where one frame ends and the next
> begins. Is there some way to manually select the area on the negative
> that I want it to scan?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help -
>
> Cad
>

One of the other threads answered my question - they said to use Vuescan
which does indeed do what I want...