DRP wrote: > I'll get an Epson 1640XL A3 flatbed soon (with transparency back), and > try to make an old dream become true: > one pass scanning of 6x6 24x36 negs, to make a digital "contact > sheet". > > I'm a Vuescan user. > I guess I'll meet two pbs: > > - finding a good carrier for the negs (right from the "wet" darkroom?) > -focusing on these negs
I use an elderly Powerlook2 off eBay for 75GBP. It works very well for producing contact sheets electronically with Vuescan, much better than lab-made wet contacts. The reason I chose this scanner was so I could use the glass neg-holder top sheet cannibalised from my old Paterson darkroom contact frames. These allow 6off 6-frame strips from 35mm, or 4off 3-frame 6x6 on a sheet of 10x8. Thickness of the glass may be an issue on other scanners, but it was easy to modify the Powerlook hinge using some PC motherboard stand-offs to raise the hinge 5mm Regards Tony Sleep - http://www.halftone.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
