[filmscanners] Re: SS120 Glass holder caution

["Arthur Entlich" <artistic-1@shaw.ca>]

I haven't seen the carrier but is the glass special?  Many glass
suppliers will offer to cut and bevel optical glass of different
thicknesses, for a price, which I 'm sure will be less that the cost of
the whole carrier.

Art



James L. Sims wrote:

> It would be nice if Polaroid would supply the two glass substrates as a
> discreet part.  I broke mine a few months ago and my only alternative
> was to order a new holder.  I suggested to Polaroid to make the glass
> available but I don't see that happening.
>
> Jim Sims
>
> Barbara White wrote:
>
>
>>Just a warning for those of you with glass holders for the SS120 - last
>>night the top window came out and in trying to (gently) put it back in,
>>I tweaked it a bit too much and it cracked the glass on the underneath
>>part. The crack is way to the left and my negs don't reach that far (at
>>least the ones I'm scanning at the moment), but I thought it would be
>>good to get out the word that this can happen very easily.
>>
>>I guess I should order a new one as a backup at this point.
>>
>>Barbara White
>>


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