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 -
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