[Leica] Which scanner

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

Thanks Tina,
I know this is what you have been doing, but ---- well, its seems a lot 
of extra work, and makes it hard to use the scanner as your "contact 
printer": also makes me look silly for having paid so much for strip 
and roll film adapters: But the slide loader has worked quite well, and 
for these negs at least, I may have to do as you suggest.

My plan was to take the roll of film, process it, run it through the 
scanner, then cut and store the negs, sort the files, choose a few to 
print in the darkroom and live happily ever after. Maco technology has 
thrown a spanner in the works, should have stuck with APX and its 
limitations ;-

Thanks again, but I can't resist the chance to nag a little and remind 
you that we finish at the end of October ;-)

Cheers
On 09/10/2005, at 1:41 AM, Tina Manley wrote:

> At 03:49 AM 10/8/2005, you wrote:
>> I'm sitting here trying to scan: I have an expensive Nikon 5000 with 
>> strip film roll film and slide options and boy is it frustrating. 
>> Perhaps I'm stupid, but its not as easy as others seem to make it out 
>> to be. Now with the flat bed, I've had none of these problems: the 
>> images are not as good, but the process does work.
>
> Alastair -  The best way to scan slides and negatives with a film 
> scanner is to mount them in slide mounts that hold the film very flat. 
>  I've found that Gepe and Wess mounts work best.  With a bulk scanner, 
> you can set similarly exposed slides or negatives up to scan 40 or 50 
> at a time without any attention from you.
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> http://www.tinamanley.com
>
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