[filmscanners] Re: Nikon 8000 120 film holder question

["Brentley Beerline" <yeltnerb@pacbell.net>]

I have a similar problem with my pages for my XPAN film and holders
for my Imacon.
My pages need to have things in groups of three.
What I do is cut the film that I want to scan into a two and a one
and then load the single frame into the opposite side of the sleeve.



--- "David J. Littleboy" <davidjl@gol.com> wrote:

> Sorry for the top posting.
>
> The sleeves that film comes back from processing in Japan fit two
> 6x7 frames
> or three 645 frames at a time. Since these are a standard ISO size
> (A4),
> they were being quite reasonable. (Cheap shot against premodern
> countries
> still using 16th century measurement systems.)
>
> However, looking at the glass holder, it looks to me as though it
> will hold
> a three 6x7 frame strip without problem. As long as the strip is
> less than
> 23 cm long.
>
> David J. Littleboy
> davidjl@gol.com
> Tokyo, Japan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lotus M50" <lotusm50@sprynet.com>
> To: <davidjl@gol.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 2:32 AM
> Subject: [filmscanners] Nikon 8000 120 film holder question
>
>
> I recently got my hands on a Nikon coolscan 8000 ED scanner pretty
> cheap, so I figured I would  scan alot of my 6x7 film.  In the past
> I
> cut my 6x7 120 film into groups of 3 because that is how they fit
> neatly
> into pages that fit into binders (either 8.5x11 or A4 size).  That
> , I
> believe is pretty standard practice.  Nikon, it appears in their
> infinite wisdom, makes their 120 film holder such that it can only
> hold
> strips of 2 6x7 exposures.  If you put anything larger, the edges
> get
> crimped by the upper holders that click into place and there is a
> screw
> that pops up ready to scratch the emulsion of the 3rd frame.  What
> were
> they thinking?  Interestingly, if they maintained the film strip
> scan
> length that is available on the 35mm strip holder, on the 120
> holder it
> would have accommodated 3 6x7 frames.   So why not?
>
> So to scan my film to I have to cut all the strips of 3 frames into
> strips of 2 and 1?  Or is there an alternative available?  Does the
> "optional" glass covered holder accommodate strips of 3 6x7 frames
> even
> if it will only scan 2 at a time?  I assume that someone must have
> come
> across this issue before me (since the scanner has been available
> for
> about 3 years or so).  Any interesting solutions?  I haven't
> checked yet
> but I have a feeling I am going to be one exposure shy on the 6x4.5
> films also.
>
> Any suggests, or should I just suck up, grit my teeth and cut my
> film
> strips?
>
> Thanks.

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