[sane-devel] Negative slide?

[Olaf Meeuwissen]

Giuseppe Sacco <giuseppe at eppesuigoccas.homedns.org> writes:

> While updating the Italian translation for sane, I found this new string
> for the epson2 backend: "Negative Slide". While I could probably
> translate it without problem, I wonder what a negative slide is. What is
> the difference between a normal film and a negative slide?

The opposite of a positive slide ;-)

Seriously, there are two types of transparencies: negative and
positive.  The latter may be better known as a "dia", usually
mounted in a frame and shown with a projector.

Hope this helps,
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