[filmscanners] Re: Glass carrier and 35mm negs

["David Sirola" <dsirola@saylorsirola.com>]

I have a friend who purchased the 8000 specifically to scan 35mm with the
glass carrier. He wanted to have the entire 35mm frame including the blank
(black) surround. He has had no problem with his and the nikon scan
software. I'm not sure which glass carrier he has, but it did cost a few
$$$'s. His scans of HP5 are magnificent.

FWIW
>
>
> "Paul Kohl" <pkohl@gol.com> writes:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Does anyone know if the glass carrier for the Nikon Coolscan 8000 can
> be used for 35mm negatives? Are there any special techniques I need
> to know about before I order one?
> <<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> You might have troubles with Nikon Scan, since Nikon Scan automagically
> crops your frames, and it would probably get quite confused, but with
> Vuescan you shouldn't have any troubles, since you can crop manually. But
> you may need to cut your own masks. (See below).
>
> The carrier comes with a set of masks, but they only mask one frame, so I
> cut my own from thin transparent plastic so I can scan 3 or 4 645 frames
> without reinserting the carrier for each frame. The mask holds the film away
> from the lower glass. With the film directly on the lower (non-anti-Newton)
> glass, the roughness of the emulsion prevents Newton's rings for some
> images, but large smooth areas (like sky) are a problem.
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Incidentally, I have been very unhappy with my 8000 primarily because
> of its unrelenting habit of clipping highlights.
> <<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> I do slides, and haven't had any probles, but for the few rolls of XP-2, I
> did have to adjust the exposure manually.
>
>>>>>>>>>>>
> I recently switched
> to Vuescans and feel reborn. Those beautiful, flat scans with detail
> everywhere!
> <<<<<<<<<<
>
> I find Nikon Scan enough more convenient that I don't use Vuescan, but I
> suppose that if I figured out how to set the preview frames correctly, it
> wouldn't be too bad<g>.
>
> David J. Littleboy
> davidjl@gol.com
> Tokyo, Japan
>
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