Is there a 35mm contact sheet scanner?

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Hi all,
Is there such a thing as a flatbed scanner which will scan a 36 exp film into a contact sheet format(usually cut into 6 strips of 6 frames)? As I have upwards of 75000 pics to organise & edit I really need something very efficient.
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Peter
 
I've got a Microtek i900 which apart from having inserts for 35mm slides, 35mm negs, 6x9 negs/slides and 5x4 also has an 8x10 glass sheet. You should be able to place the negs on the sheet and scan them (couple of bits of blue tack each end should hold them in place).

Not easy to find and if you do not particularly cheap. If you buy secondhand try to get hold of the Silverfast software that came with it as standard, it is much better than the Microtek Scan Wizard software.
 
Thank Ed, but the microtek is ££££'s! (700 of em), I'd hope to do better. Tracer, I don't understand how to scan negatives with an ordinary flatbed scanner. Doesn't it need to be backlit (which an ordinary flatbed isn't) and have neg conversion software?
Peter
 
My flatbed scanner has a white lid, and an option in the scanning software to reverse the colours. I find the result is good enough for me to identify and assess the individual frames. I don't bother printing these contact sheets.

FYI the scanner is a HP Scanjet 4400C which must be about ten years old now.
 
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