Excuse me for coming in late, but I think the original question was "Which
film scanner would be best for 110 film?", something I haven't actually seen
addressed here, so far.
Point One, it would need to be a fairly hi-res scanner.
Point Two, it would need a carrier specifically designed for 110 or 16mm
film. I don't know if that exists, but I think that's what the question was
about.
Most anything else would probably involve a hand-made "cludge" to carry the
film through, other than hand-cutting the film into somewhat "clutterable"
little pieces that would fit in a 2x2 frame but be hard to store afterwards.
I'm using an Acer Scanwit (resolution: 2700ppi). It has a straight 8-3/4"
film carrier, with 5 vertical separators to keep the film flat.
Theoretically, a thin-but-sturdy insert could be made to hold the 110 or
16mm film flat; it would probably have to form a "sandwich" of
insert-film-insert, but I can think of a half-dozen ways of doing that.
The next problem is, that since the scanner is looking for 35mm "frames,"
and the smaller format would probably not cooperate in lining up with the
verticals, there'd have to be some "wiggle room" in the insert to allow it
to reposition the film east-west, as it were. I have to do that if I'm
scanning Instamatic film--fortunately, I don't have a lot of it.
Beyond that, there's the matter of whether 2700ppi is enough. I do a bit of
half-frame scanning, and my Scanwit's resolution is certainly "adequate" for
those, but of course 110 or 16mm is only about 1/4 that size, and often not
terribly sharp to begin with. So there's another consideration.
To shorten a long answer: "I don't know." But that's my input vis a vis the
Acer Scanwit as an option, and I hope it helps.
Best regards--LRA
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