At 19 October, 2001 12:59 AM, "Arthur Entlich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...| I find your observations about focus very interesting since I have | been given a lot of cr*p about my postings about this problem with Nikon | film scanners. I was told it "didn't exist" and that I was trying to | hurt Nikon or carry on a vendetta. ...| One other issue with glass mounts... they add 4 more surfaces which have | to be kept clean of dust and dirt. Of course, dICE is available on | Nikon scanners to help reverse this problem. I never saw a scan other than my owns (Microtek Artixscan 4000t, always at 4000 ppi). My scans from mounted slides (no brandt plastis mounts) have invariably blurred sides and corners. This is clearly visible in the film grain pattern, at 200% magnification in Photoshop. So, I see no intention from Arthur to "(try) to hurt Nikon or carry on a vendetta". In most of the A4 prints, I see no adverse effects, but that limitation affects bigger enlargements (and surely I will want bigger enlargements from some of my "good" A4 photos). I never went to glass mounts precisely because the "durst problem" (that made me crazy when I had my amateur chemical laboratory). A few days ago I got my first negative scans and I noticed that the film is much more flat in the negative holder. As I use my slides almost exclusively to obtain scans, I will not mount my next slide films -- I will cut them into 6 frame strips and scan with the film holder. I feel that this is a good way to override the out of focus problem (also the whole frame is less cropped than with the slide holder). Best regards, M�rio Teixeira [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
