Stuart,
It might be that ''Black Widow'' or ''Slidescan'' adapters are using a
different set of tricks to cheat the flat bed scanner and to succeed to scan
slides on a flat-bed , but I wasn't able to find any description of this
devices on the Web.
By the way ... when scanning slides ... this devices are they really letting
the scanner to focus on the film surface ? In facts the reflection of the
light coming from the lamp is not the only point when scaning slides.
To exactely focus the film surface is one of them ... the 1 or 2 mm distance
from the glass given by the slide frame is important enough pushing the
optical resolution toward the edge.
Not to mention all the other factors to be considered.
I am firmily convinced that flat-bed scanners cannot succeed in having even
a lousy chance to scan slides.
Sincerely.
Ezio
www.lucenti.com e-photography site
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart" <stuart@shaws2000.fsnet.co.uk>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 2:46 AM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: x Stuart !! was .. Black Widow or Slidescan
Transp'y Adaptor ???
> The point u r missing as far as I can see is that the Black Widow and
> Slidescan slide adaptors are totally different from the transparency hoods
> you are talking about -these are a prism device that siits on top of a
> flatbed and is not made by the scanner manfrs like the HP device-test
> reports from magazines are good
> stuart
>
> At 02:14 01-02-01 +0100, you wrote:
> >Rob is a real gentleman !
> >
> >The definition he gives about the pure sh@# sold by HP as Slides Adaptor
is
> >opening my old wound !
> >
> >The results are not poor ... simply are not there .
> >After 3 months of absolute pain and real cursing in Italian (the worst
> >possible and the most siny ... don't we have the Pope ..... ? ) I have
given
> >up (it was 3 years ago with a very expensive 6200c ... totally useless
...)
> >and I have bought a Nikon LS-30.
> >
> >Sincerely.
> >
> >Ezio
> >
> >www.lucenti.com e-photography site
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Rob Geraghty" <harper@wordweb.com>
> >To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> >Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:29 AM
> >Subject: RE: filmscanners: Black Widow or Slidescan Transp'y Adaptor ???
> >
> >
> > > Stuart wrote:
> > > > I am considering buying one of these transparency
> > > > adaptors -it is a prism that sits on top of a
> > > > flatbed and the neg or slide fits underneath. has
> > > > anyone bought one and if so can you offer an
> > > > opinion on the merits of it?.
> > >
> > > I've used a similar device made by HP for their
> > > flatbeds. It works, but the results were very
> > > poor on the scanners I tested. OK for web use
> > > only, useless for printing or more than 80x600
> > > resolution.
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >
> > >
> > > Rob Geraghty harper@wordweb.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
