Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I bought the rather overpriced glass carrier for my Nikon 8000 scanner. It has masks for every format I know up to 6x9. and a few I don't. It uses delightfully retro punched holes in carrier and mask which the scanner uses to sense which size neg to scan. I bought it for the xpan size and am glad I did because it is better for my 6x6 and 6x7 scans too. Frank On 6 Feb, 2006, at 23:34, David Keenan wrote: >> and don't even get me started about scanning Xpan negatives. > > Totally. > > I have acquired the Nikon SDK and am considering the creation of > Xpan specific scanning software for the Nikon 5000 scanner. > > There is simply no good solution for scanning Xpan film. This > really reduces my desire to use this otherwise outstanding and > truely fun to use camera. > > The Nikon SDK, so far, is pretty dense and even the provided sample > program doesn't even compile. > > But my idea is to position each frame so that the left side is > scanned, then the right side with about a 6mm overlap. Then dump > these out to some external stitching program while moving on the > scan the next frame. > > My goal would be to have a completely automated way to scan and > stitch an entire roll of Xpan frames. > > How much would you pay for such a product...? :) > > PS. I already have the URL to market such a product: > www.XpanScan.com. (No content yet.) > > Dave. > -- > David Keenan, ausdlk@swbell.net on 2/6/2006 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information